Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has insisted on his tax fraud test. He is 'innocent' and has 'no worries'.
The 65-year-old Italian looked relaxed when he arrived at the court in the Spanish capital this morning before the start of his long-awaited test the night after his team reached the Copa del Rey final after an exciting comeback.
Despite the threat of a five -year prison sentence that hung over his head when he was convicted, he answered 'no' when he was asked by waiting by waiting reporters outside the provincial court of Audiencia in Madrid if he was worried.
He also rejected suggestions that he would try to make a last-minute plea trade by confirming that he would take the position and did not argue that he would decorate the Spanish treasury of just over € 1 million (£ 835,000) in tax.
Ancelotti was accompanied when he arrived at the court by his former footballer son Davide, who works under his father in Real Madrid, and his wife Mariann Barrena.
Public prosecutors announced in March last year that they were looking for a prison sentence of four years and nine months for the former Everton manager for two counts of tax fraud.
They accused him when he had not announced Real Madrid in 2014 and 2015 during his first spell by the use of Shell companies outside of Spain.
In a complaint, public prosecutors claimed that he only declared his income as Real Madrid manager, despite the fact that he registered as tax homes in Spain for the two years among the spotlight with an address in Madrid.
Although his first enchantment came to the end of the Spanish giants in May 2015, public prosecutors say that he rented his Madrid house until October that year, which meant that in 2015 Spain was “his main center of personal relations and economic interests”.
The accusation was made public last year in March claimed that Ancelotti had channel his image judge “with the aim of avoiding tax” via trusts and intermediary companies.
Public prosecutors say that in 2014 and 2015 the football boss earned more than € 4 million (more than £ 3.5 million) in image rights.
The amount of the tax they claim that he has been cheated is slightly more than € 1 million.
Spanish civil servants of the Treasury have recovered the money, but demand that Ancelotti pays the amount three -time that they accuse him of cheating fines.
Lionel Messi received a 21 -month prison sentence in July 2016 for tax fraud. It was later changed to a fine of € 252,000 (£ 223,000).
Cristiano Ronaldo avoided prison in Spain by admitting tax fraud in January 2019.
He received a fine of almost £ 16.6 million and received a conditional prison sentence.
Former Liverpool -star Xabi Alonso, seen as a future manager of Real Madrid, was acquitted of tax fraud in November 2019 after being 38.
He was warned that he could be imprisoned for two and a half years if he was convicted after Spanish public prosecutors had reduced their initial demand for prison at the end of his trial in Madrid.
Ancelotti left Everton in June 2021 to take the position of head coach in Real Madrid.
Last Friday at a press conference he said: “I am not worried, but I am clearly irritated when they say that I have committed fraud, but again, I have totally faith in justice.
“I'm really looking forward to witnessing next Wednesday.”
Real Madrid booked their place last night in the Copa del Rey final with an incredible comeback against Real Sociedad.
Replacement Antonio Rudiger scored a dramatic goal just five minutes from the end of extra time to spend the Spanish giants as 5-4 total winners.
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