Mourinho defends himself after tax fraud allegations

Jose Mourinho has not been informed of any fraud case against him.

Spanish authorities issued allegations of tax fraud against Jose Mourinho, but the Portuguese manager has defended his tax history in his time in Spain.

The prosecutors in Madrid accused Jose Mourinho of owing up to £2.9 million across two counts of fraud between 2011 and 2012, but Mourinho’s representatives Gestifute have published a statement insisting he paid £23 million in tax.

‘Jose Mourinho has not received any notification with regards to the news published today, to this date, neither the Spanish tax authorities nor the public prosecutor have contacted Jose Mourinho or his advisers who were hired for the inspection process’, the statement read, denying any contact from the Spanish Tax Office.

‘Jose Mourinho, who lived in Spain from June 2010 until May 2013, paid more than €26m in taxes with an average rate over 41 percent, and accepted the regularisation proposals made by the Spanish tax authorities in 2015 regarding the years 2011 and 2012, and entered into a settlement agreement regarding 2013’.

‘The Spanish government in turn, through the tax department, issued a certificate in which it attested that he had regularised his position and was in compliance with all his tax obligations’.

SOURCE: BESOCCER