«Breaking Pic News» Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho fined £1.8m to settle Spanish tax evasion case

Jose Mourinho will not face jail but was ordered to pay a £1.78million fine to settle a tax evasion case in Spain.

The Manchester United manager was accused of not declaring around £3m in image rights revenue while at Real Madrid in 2011 and 2012. Spanish prosecutors claimed he used a web of offshore companies based in tax havens ‘with the aim of obtaining illicit profits’.

Mourinho appeared at a private hearing in Madrid last November, claiming his finances were in order, although he remained under investigation.

Jose Mourinho will pay almost £1.8million as a fine in Spanish tax evasion case

Mourinho enters a brief behind-closed-doors hearing in a Madrid courthouse last November 

Sources close to the United boss refuted suggestions that the Spanish authorities had given the 55-year-old a one-year suspended prison sentence and stressed that a fine was agreed this summer.

United did not comment on Tuesday night, saying it is a personal matter. The Spanish Attorney General’s Office refused to comment, while Mourinho’s representatives were approached for comment but did not respond.

Mourinho is one of several stars investigated by the Spanish tax authorities, including Manchester United striker Alexis Sanchez, who accepted a 16-month suspended sentence for a similar offence.

Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo was reported to have reached a similar agreement while still a Real Madrid player in June involving a two-year sentence and a £16.95m fine.

Prosecutors in Spain have accused the Manchester United boss of a £2.9million tax fraud

Sources close to Mourinho say he has not been given a suspended prison sentence  

Meanwhile, Ander Herrera wants to stay at United though he is still to agree a new contract.

The 29-year-old, a £32m signing from Athletic Bilbao in 2014, is in the final year of his contract and will be free to talk to foreign clubs from January.

On Tuesday, in another twist in the escalating row over Tottenham pushing their fixture with Manchester City back 24 hours, United supporters waded in by accusing Sky Sports of ‘naked commercial opportunism’.

Problems with Tottenham’s new stadium forced them to move the Wembley date to October 29, meaning United’s televised home clash with Everton was switched from Saturday lunchtime to Sunday afternoon.

United supporters’ trust, MUST, slammed the decision, with thousands of fans now left out of pocket after already stumping up for hotels and travel arrangements.

United fans are upset at the change of the date for when the team will play against Everton

A MUST statement read: ‘The announcement by Sky, changing the date of the Everton fixture from its previously confirmed TV slot, is nothing short of naked commercial opportunism at the expense of match-going fans.

‘The decision shows no regard for the many supporters who have made non-refundable travel arrangements following publication, on August 7, of the confirmed October fixtures after changes for TV.

‘It appears to be too late to reverse this unwarranted late change which has affected so many loyal supporters. We therefore call on Sky and the Premier League to commit to full financial compensation for any financial loss or additional costs incurred by supporters of both teams.

‘We are seeking urgent dialogue with the broadcasters and the Premier League to address this specific issue and to establish new principles and processes to take proactive account of match-going supporters to prevent any recurrence of this regrettable issue. We are also in conversation with our own club to seek their support in these actions.’

OTHER STARS CAUGHT UP IN SPANISH TAX CONTROVERSY

Several high-profile footballers have fallen foul of the Spanish authorities in recent years. But first-time offenders in the country do not normally serve jail sentences of two years or less.

Cristiano Ronaldo - Accepted a two-year suspended prison sentence this summer after making a deal over his tax fraud case.

Agreed to pay a fine of more than £15m (€16.7m) after pleading guilty to evading £13.1m(€14.7m) in tax on image rights between 2011 and 2014.

Lionel Messi - Handed a 21-month prison sentence in 2016 for tax fraud which was reduced to a fine of €252,000 (£227,000). 

Messi and his father Jorge were found guilty of defrauding Spain of €4.1m between 2007 and 2009. They were accused of using tax havens in Belize and Uruguay to conceal earnings from image rights.

Messi was also fined about €2m and his father €1.5m. They made a voluntary €5m 'corrective payment', which covered the alleged unpaid tax plus interest, in August 2013.

Neymar - Was cleared of fraud in May 2017 but faces trial for corruption in Spain over his 2013 transfer from Santos to Barcelona.

He, his parents, current and former Barcelona presidents Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell, the club and NN Consultoria, the company Neymar started with his family, were all ordered to stand trial.

Prosecutors want Neymar to be fined €10m (£9m) and given a two-year jail sentence. He was earlier found guilty in his native Brazil for tax fraud on money earned while playing for Santos.

Javier Mascherano - Received a one-year suspended prison sentence for tax fraud.

Admitted two counts of fraud after failing to declare earnings in 2011 and 2012 totalling €1.5m (£1.35m) and appeared in court in January 2016, aiming to avoid going to prison.

Marcelo - Real Madrid player was accused of tax fraud totalling €490,000 (£442,000) in a case dating back to 2013.

After appearing in court, he agreed to pay €490,917.70 to the Spanish treasury. Prosecutors brought the case forward after the Brazilian was accused of concealing image rights income in the tax years 2011, 2012 and 2013. 

Xabi Alonso - Faces a possible five-year jail term after he was accused of tax fraud in March.

Prosecutors say he owes nearly €2m (£1.7m) in tax related to earnings from undeclared image rights from 2010 to 2012, when he was playing for Real Madrid.

Alonso denies any wrongdoing but prosecutors are also seeking a fine of €4m and demanding he pays back what he allegedly owes the Spanish tax office. 

Alexis Sanchez - Accepted a 16-month suspended jail sentence for tax fraud in exchange for avoiding a trial.

Ex-Barcelona star faced a trial in Spain over unpaid taxes totalling around €1m (£886,000) deriving from image rights deals in 2012 and 2013.

When Sanchez was first accused in 2016, his agent said the forward had 'fully obeyed' the law and all image rights income 'has been declared'. 

Luka Modric - Paid Spanish authorities close to €1m to settle image rights tax case.

Appeared briefly in court in January after being accused of defrauding the taz man of €870,728 (£785,000) in 2013 and 2014. 

Angel Di Maria - Given a suspended one-year jail sentence and fined £1.76m for tax fraud.

He admitted two counts of fraud (relating to image rights) totalling £1.16m during his four-year stint at Real Madrid between 2010 and 2014.

Di Maria made a deal with Spanish tax authorities to avoid a trial, with each of the two counts coming with a six-month sentence.

 

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