Di Maria To Plead Guilty To Tax Fraud | Read Full Details

Di Maria To Plead Guilty To Tax Fraud | Read Full Details

Former Manchester United winger Angel di
Maria has agreed to pay 2m euros (£1.76m) to settle a tax case in Spain, according to Spanish authorities.

He will plead guilty to two charges of fraud
relating to image rights during his time at Real
Madrid.

Di Maria, 29, who now plays for Paris St-
Germain, is one of many high-profile players
and managers to have their financial affairs
under scrutiny.

United manager Jose Mourinho and Real forward Cristiano Ronaldo deny charges.

Mourinho has been accused by prosecutors of
defrauding Spain of 3.3m euros (£2.9m) in taxes while he was Real Madrid coach from 2011 to 2012.

And Ronaldo is accused of evading tax of 14.7m euros (£13m) from 2011 to 2014.

Argentina international Di Maria is accused of
failing to pay 1.3m euros to the Spanish tax
authorities in 2012-2013 by giving up his image rights to companies based in tax havens, such as Panama.

The two charges of fraud which he is pleading
guilty to carry an eight-month prison sentence
each, but under Spanish law, a first-time offender is not required to serve time in jail for a sentence below two years.

In 2016, Barcelona defender Javier Mascherano received a one-year suspended prison sentence for tax fraud while Barca superstars Lionel Messi and Neymar are both currently awaiting court decisions.

Both players deny any wrongdoing.

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