Manchester United manager Jos\u00e9 Mourinho has reached a deal with the Spanish state on a one-year suspended sentence in a long-running tax fraud case, Spain’s El Mundo newspaper reports.<\/p>\n
The Portuguese national was also fined about \u20ac2m (\u00a31.8m; $2.3m), it says.<\/p>\n
He was accused of owing nearly \u20ac3.3m in undeclared image rights revenue for 2011 and 2012, when he was Real Madrid manager.<\/p>\n
Mr Mourinho said earlier he had paid all the taxes he owed.<\/p>\n
He is not expected to serve any time in jail because Spanish law states that a sentence of under two years for a first offence can be served on probation, according to Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n
The BBC has contacted Mr Mourinho’s representatives for comment.<\/p>\n
Spanish authorities launched the image rights case against Mr Mourinho in June last year.<\/p>\n
His representatives, Gestifute Media, said at the time that he had paid more than \u20ac26m in tax at an average rate of more than 41% while living in Spain from 2010 to 2013.<\/p>\n
In 2015, Gestifute said, he accepted a settlement agreement regarding previous years.<\/p>\n
Spanish courts recently cracked down on tax evasion among footballers:<\/p>\n
Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"