According to Mirror UK, the Argentine is said to have defrauded the Spanish government of £1.14million during his four-year spell at the Bernabeu before leaving to join Manchester United for a Premier League record fee in 2010.
Despite being handed the prison sentence, he is highly unlikely to spend any time behind bars if he pays a fine of £1.76million.
According to Spanish law, sentences of under two years are suspended in Spain providing the convicted has no previous criminal record.
A number of football stars have been accused of fraud in recent months, including Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi who was given a 21-month prison sentence in 2016.
Cristiano Ronaldo was also accused last week while yesterday, Jose Mourinho became the latest to be accused. They have both denied the allegations.
Spanish government dey vex o.
ReplyDeleteHe has the money ...so him go pay asap...but things like this will end up scaring this big stars to play in Spain...their tax too much abeg
ReplyDeleteHmmm those idiot g Barcelona player are theif will never say anything o rubbish
ReplyDeleteHe has got the money so he will set himself free
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