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Ancelotti: Brazil determination guardant with joyousness aft World Cup qualification (0:43)
Carlo Ancelotti speaks aft Brazil qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a 1-0 triumph vs. Paraguay. (0:43)
Reuters
Jul 9, 2025, 10:32 AM ET
A Madrid tribunal connected Wednesday handed down a one-year condemnation and a €386,000 ($375,000) good to Brazil manager Carlo Ancelotti for failing to wage taxation connected his image-rights revenues erstwhile helium was Real Madrid manager successful 2014, the tribunal said successful a statement.
Ancelotti is apt to person a suspended condemnation arsenic Spain instrumentality is specified that immoderate condemnation nether 2 years for a non-violent transgression seldom requires a suspect without erstwhile convictions to service jailhouse time.
Prosecutors sought a situation word of 4 years and 9 months, and a good of €3.2 cardinal ($3.7m).
They contended that successful 2014 and 2015, Ancelotti lone reported the wage helium was paid by Madrid, and omitted representation rights income successful his Spanish taxation returns.
Ancelotti is the latest successful a drawstring of high-profile players and coaches to beryllium investigated by Spanish taxation authorities.
Many cases -- including those of starring players specified arsenic Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo and Spain's Diego Costa -- were settled retired of court, with ample fines paid.
In 2023, however, the Supreme Court upheld the acquittal of erstwhile Bayer Leverkusen and present Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso aft helium refused to settee and defended his innocence.
