The Spanish prosecutors are looking for a four-year term over tax evasion
\nMADRID
\nSpanish prosecutors on Wednesday called for Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti to be jailed for four years and nine months, saying he had failed to declare earnings to the tax office.
\nMadrid state prosecutor\u2019s office accused the 64-year-old Italian of having cost Spain\u2019s treasury more than one million euros in undeclared earnings from image rights in 2014 and 2015.
\n\u201cAlthough he himself declared himself to be a tax resident in Spain and indicated that his home was in Madrid, he only declared in his tax returns the personal remuneration received from Real Madrid,\u201d the tax office said in a statement.
\nIt accused Ancelotti of allegedly setting up a \u201cconfusing\u201d and \u201ccomplex\u201d system of shell companies to hide his extra earnings from his image rights.
\nProsecutors also alleged the Real Madrid coach \u201csimulated\u201d the transfer of his image rights to entities \u201cwithout any real activity\u201d based outside of Spain to maintain \u201copacity vis-a-vis\u201d the Spanish treasury.
\nA Spanish court in July ordered Ancelotti \u2014 regarded as one of the greatest coaches of all time \u2014 to stand trial over the affair, but no date has been set.
\nSpain has cracked down in recent years on celebrities like football stars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for not paying their full due in taxes.
\nBoth players were found guilty of tax evasion and received prison sentences that were waived for being first-time offenders.
\nColombian superstar Shakira in November agreed to receive a three-year suspended sentence and pay 7.3 million euros in fines to settle a tax fraud case and avoid trial.
\nProsecutors had accused the \u201cHips Don\u2019t Lie\u201d singer of defrauding the Spanish state of 14.5 million euros ($15.7 million) on income earned between 2012 and 2014, charges Shakira had denied, saying she only moved to Spain full time in 2015.
\nAncelotti took over at Real Madrid in 2013, leaving in May 2015, before being appointed at Bayern Munich the following year.
\nHe later managed Napoli and Everton before returning to Real Madrid in 2021. Ancelotti had been tipped to coach Brazil\u2019s national team when his contract with Real Madrid ended but instead in December he extended it to June 2026.
\nAncelotti has won the Champions League four times \u2014 twice with AC Milan and on two occasions with Real Madrid.
\nHe has won domestic league titles with Madrid and Milan, in England with Chelsea, in Germany with Bayern Munich and in France with Paris Saint-Germain.
\nMadrid face RB Leipzig on Wednesday in a Champions League last-16 second leg clash, after Ancelotti\u2019s side carved out a 1-0 advantage in Germany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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