The Italian Carlo Ancelotti was denounced by the Spanish prosecutor’s office, who requested more than four years in prison for him for tax fraud.
The Spanish prosecutor’s office requested a penalty of prison of four years and nine months for the soccer coach Carlo Ancelottiaccused of evading 1 million euros ($1.1 million) in taxes on income from image rights while he was in the real Madrid in 2014 and 2015.
The prosecutor said in a statement this Wednesday that, although the Italian was a resident of Spain for tax purposes at the time and filed his tax returns there, he had omitted the income earned through his image rights, 4.2 million euros in total. According to the prosecution, Ancelotti would have committed two crimes of fiscal fraud.
Ancelottiwho returned as coach of the real Madrid in 2021did not immediately respond to a request for comment made through the club, while his lawyer declined to comment.
The authorities of Spain They persecuted other soccer stars for alleged tax evasionincluding players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Diego Costa. They all reached an agreement and paid heavy fines.
In addition to working for real Madrid and the Everton, Ancelotti He went through other big European clubs, such as AC Milan, Chelsea, Paris Saint Germain and Bayern Munich.
Ancelottiwho was international 26 times with Italy and disputed the 1990 World Cupwon four times the Champions League as a coach, two with him AC Milan and two with him real Madrid.
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