For tax violation, a Spanish court has sentenced Brazil manager Carlo Ancelotti to a year in prison; however, he will not be imprisoned.
The former manager of Chelsea and Everton was charged with not paying 1 million euros (£830,000) in taxes on his wages
during his first stint as Real Madrid’s manager, which lasted from 2013 to 2015.
He must now pay a fine of 386,361.93 euros (£333,045.92), but he will not be imprisoned.
Recall that 66-year-old Carlos Ancelotti left Real Madrid at the close of the last campaign to take the Brazil position.
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Under Spanish law, any sentence under two years for a non-violent crime
rarely requires a defendant without previous convictions to serve jail time.
Earlier this year, Ancelotti said he “never thought about committing fraud” as he testified in court.
Ancelotti said he was offered a net salary of 6m euros (£5.1m) by Real
and that he left the structure of it to his financial advisers.
“I thought it was quite normal because at that time all the players and the previous coach had [done the same],” he said.
Meanwhile, recall that Lionel Messi, then with Barcelona, was initially given a 21-month prison sentence in 2017,
but this punishment was then reduced to a fine of 252,000 euros, with no jail term attached.
Real striker Cristiano Ronaldo also accepted an 18.8m euro fine in 2019.
Jose Mourinho, another former Chelsea boss, was fined 2.2m euros relating to tax charges
during his time as Real manager from 2011-12.