Former Manchester United winger Angel Di Maria has been sentenced to a year in prison after admitting to tax fraud.El Confidencial reports Di Maria has been accused of two offences from his time withReal Madrid.He is said to have defrauded the Spanish government out of £1.14million during his four-year spell at the Bernabeu.Di Maria left Real in 2014 to join Manchester United for a Premier League record fee.He has reportedly admitted to both counts of fraud and will pay a fine of £1.76million - avoiding a trial at the Spanish Supreme Court.
AFPDi Maria in action for PSG
Denis Doyle/GettyThe Argentine celebrates at Real Madrid
Despite being handed the prison sentence, Di Maria is highly unlikely to spend any time behind bars.Sentences of under two years are suspended in Spain providing the convicted has no criminal record.It comes a day after former boss Jose Mourinho was also accused of tax evasion by Spanish prosecutors.The Portuguese has denied the allegations that he failed to declare his income from the use of image rights.Cristiano Ronaldo has also been accused in the last week, while Lionel Messi was convicted a year ago and handed a 21-month sentence.
will be interesting to see what happens with ronaldo ...
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Apparently Ronaldo have to pay 14 million of unpaid tax
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14 million would mean prison time? (Uli hoenes went to prison too)
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i think we'll be seeing a lot of these suspended sentences soon
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I totally agree with you @jono22
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