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Tax evasion: Investigators demand imprisonment for Ancelotti
Star coach Carlo Ancelotti is facing allegations of tax evasion in Spain. photo
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Star coach Carlo Ancelotti is facing allegations of tax evasion in Spain. The public prosecutor’s office is demanding a prison sentence for the Real Madrid coach.
In the investigation against Carlo Ancelotti is demanding a prison sentence of four years and nine months for the Real Madrid football coach because of allegations of tax fraud.
The Italian is accused of evading more than one million euros in taxes in 2014 and 2015, the public prosecutor’s office for the Autonomous Community of Madrid confirmed at the request of the German Press Agency. The newspaper “El País” and other media had previously reported on it, citing the responsible authorities. Real Madrid had written to Ancelotti for a statement, but there was initially no response.
The authorities had already announced last year that an investigation had been initiated against the 64-year-old. The public prosecutor’s office accuses Ancelotti of stating his salary in his tax return during his two years as Real coach, but concealing his income from image rights from the tax authorities.
Ancelotti first coached Real between 2013 and 2015 before being signed by FC Bayern Munich in 2016. Ancelotti’s second stage in Madrid began in the summer of 2021. In December, the club announced that the Italian’s contract, which expires in June 2024, had been extended for another two years.