Mourinho accused of tax fraud

[Behind Enemy Lines]

breaking: Manchester Utd boss Jose Mourinho accused of tax fraud by Spanish prosecutors when at Real Madrid.

 

[GT49er]

Oh wow! Shirley not - must be fake news, mustn't it?!!

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

From the BBC:
He is accused of defrauding Spain of €3.3m (£2.9m; $3.6m) in taxes between 2011 and 2012, prosecutors say.
He has yet to comment on the accusation.

 

[portlock seagull]

None of them are guilty, it's probably the ridiculously complicated tax laws that's the common themes here. expect deals to be done but no ones going to jail that's for sure.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Two things spring to mind here.

1) Why do these overpaid c'ocks defraud?
2) Why is it only happening in Spain? (Messi, Ronaldo, Mourhino).

 

[Is it PotG?]

I would believe that role models such as Messi, Ronaldo and The Loser One would do all they can to pay all the tax they should.

 

[The_Viper]

Looks like the Spanish government have found a new cash cow to be honest.

 

[Munkfish]

In Spain you are not sernt to prison if you commit a non violent crime and sentance is under 24 Months, That is why Messia nd Neymar have avoided Jail time.

Now I do not know whether or not this is why Ronaldo and Jose have commited it to as they know it is unlikely they will be sent down, however more often than not they have to pay back the money they owe anyway, so it does seem a little odd.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Looks like the Spanish government have found a new cash cow to be honest.

It could catch on ..and end to austerity is nigh

 

[beorhthelm]

None of them are guilty, it's probably the ridiculously complicated tax laws that's the common themes here

i thought many of the marque players dont pay tax at all, under some "temporay" resident waiver. its so dodge out in Spain, with the banks writing of club debts.

 

[NooBHA]

breaking: Manchester Utd boss Jose Mourinho accused of tax fraud by Spanish prosecutors when at Real Madrid.

Oh - How juicy a story as that. Why aren't I surprised

 

[NooBHA]

i thought many of the marque players dont pay tax at all, under some "temporay" resident waiver. its so dodge out in Spain, with the banks writing of club debts.

No

Tax Residency Legislation is much the same in all EU Countries

 

[daveinprague]

Good. Have not forgiven him for hexing our unbeaten run when he turned up for the Boro match.

 

[portlock seagull]

i thought many of the marque players dont pay tax at all, under some "temporay" resident waiver. its so dodge out in Spain, with the banks writing of club debts.

Absolutely. Morally they're probably all guilty of something but legally I bet it's all 'above board', same with big companies avoiding tax. Not sure what you do with all that money anyway after you've bought your first yacht i.e. Why not pay some tax?! Or do something like Drogba did building hospitals for your fellow citizens back home.

 

[Mackenzie]

Nothing will come of it.

 

[NooBHA]

Nothing will come of it.

That's what Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo thought

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

Two things spring to mind here.

1) Why do these overpaid c'ocks defraud?
2) Why is it only happening in Spain? (Messi, Ronaldo, Mourhino).

I would imagine the Spanish tax authorities waited until the Messi trial was over to see what the outcome was. Now it's gone in their favour, they'll probably go all out to get those big names in Spanish football.

 

[papajaff]

Spain and their tax fraud stories are getting ****ing boring now.

Messi and now Ronaldo and Josie.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

I would imagine the Spanish tax authorities waited until the Messi trial was over to see what the outcome was. Now it's gone in their favour, they'll probably go all out to get those big names in Spanish football.

I have to say, as much as I love Messi, Ronaldo and Mourhino, I hope they get totally found out. I cannot understand why people earning millions a year, more than we'll ever hope for, screwing on us, I mean us by just us ordinary bods.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Looks like the Spanish government have found a new cash cow to be honest.

Bit of a shame for the Greek government really. If any of THEIR homegrown or imported players were non-shite, they'd be WELL on the case. As it is, they'll have to make do with charging folks with a pool the size of a postage stamp for a multi-thousand Euro non-obligatory life-saving course and mandatory life saving certificate. Oh, and not issuing tourists with a receipt for a cold Mythos (or preferably a brewed under not-very-close local supervision Heineken). Can't say I blame them though. They should just send the bill to Germany.