Carlo Ancelotti sentenced to prison in Spain over tax fraud

Ancelotti, 1 of the astir palmy managers successful shot history, received a one-year suspended condemnation and ample fine.

A Spanish tribunal sentenced Brazil manager Carlo Ancelotti to a one-year suspended situation word for taxation fraud erstwhile helium was Real Madrid manager successful 2014.

The Madrid tribunal besides fined Ancelotti 386,000 euros ($452,187) during Wednesday’s proceedings.

Spanish prosecutors accused Ancelotti of defrauding the authorities of 1 cardinal euros ($1m) successful 2014 and 2015.

State prosecutors sought a situation condemnation of up to 4 years and 9 months connected 2 counts of taxation fraud.

But the erstwhile Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain boss, who nary longer lives successful Spain, volition not service jailhouse clip due to the fact that the condemnation is little than 2 years and helium has nary transgression record. In Spain, a justice has the discretion to suspend a condemnation of little than 2 years for first-time offenders.

In March 2024, prosecutors accused Ancelotti of having utilized ammunition companies to fell his existent earnings. They claimed Ancelotti, for example, utilized 1 institution that lacked “any existent [economic] activity” successful the Virgin Islands arsenic portion of an alleged scheme.

Carlos Sanchez, Ancelotti’s property officer, told The Associated Press that the manager “will not marque comments for now.”

Brazil’s shot confederation (CBF) said successful a connection that it was pursuing the case.

The Italian manager is the latest successful a drawstring of large shot profiles to look a crackdown by Spanish authorities implicit unpaid taxes, though nary person really been sent to situation truthful far. That database includes prima players Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, arsenic good arsenic Jose Mourinho, different erstwhile Madrid coach.

The CBF did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

Ancelotti, who turned 66 past month, is 1 of football’s astir palmy coaches. He is the lone manager to person won the Champions League 5 times, 3 with Madrid and doubly with AC Milan, and the lone manager to person won home league titles successful England, Spain, Italy, Germany and France.

The erstwhile Italy midfielder near Real Madrid to go Brazil brag astatine the extremity of past play aft a uncommon trophy-less run successful the 2024-25 season.

Ancelotti, right, was the caput manager astatine Real Madrid until 2 months agone erstwhile helium departed to manager Brazil’s nationalist broadside earlier the 2026 FIFA World Cup [Susana Vera/Reuters]