Prison required against Ancelotti

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By: Manu Tournoux

Real Madrid still gets out of it-witnesses its recent marking successes in the knockout stages of the Champions League against Atlético or in the King Cup semi-finals against Real Sociedad. On the thread, as often. Does Carlo Ancelotti have the same success in the face of the Kitchen Keeper? Nothing is no less sure …

This Wednesday began in Spain the trial of the 65 -year -old Italian technician, who appears for aggravated tax fraud. No less than a million euros would have been withdrawn from the Spanish taxman between 2014 and 2015 – years of the first pass of the person concerned on the white house bench, when a certain Zinedine Zidane officiated alongside him as an assistant.

According to the Eldesmarque media, Carlo Ancelotti would have declared at the time at the taxes of his coach income, but not his emoluments linked to image rights – a mode of compensation on the other side of the Pyrenees. Almost 4.2 million euros would have passed outside the tax radars.

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For this alleged fraud, the Stratege of Real Madrid faces a prison sentence. Four years and nine months' imprisonment have been required against him by the Spanish public prosecutor. A severe indictment which will probably not be followed in the expected verdict this week. The hypothesis of an agreement with the tax administration remaining plausible.

By paying the sums due and a full -bodied fine, Carlo Ancelotti should escape the prison box. After seven years of procedure, in January 2023, the Spanish justice had sentenced Lionel Messi to 21 months in prison and to 2 million euros fine for similar facts. In Spain, however, the sentences of less than two years benefit from a penalty arrangement sparing detention.