Jose Mourinho accepts one-year prison sentence for tax fraud in Spain77 Tuesday, February 5th 2019 at 16:22 GMT +3 | Tuesday, February 5th 2019 at 16:22 GMT +3 | Football By Reuters:Mourinho fined for tax fraud in Spain in lieu of jail timeFormer Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho has accepted a one-year prison sentence for defrauding the Spanish state of 3.3 million euros ($3.77 million), a Spanish court filing showed on Tuesday, although the Portuguese will not serve any jail time. The filing said the tax ministry and Mourinho's defence team had agreed to exchange the 12-month prison sentence with a daily fine of 250 euros for 24 months, equivalent to 182,500 euros, as under Spanish law jail terms under two years can be served under probation. As well as the one-year prison sentence, Mourinho has been fined 1.9 million euros, 60 percent of the amount defrauded, as well as 121,764 euros in interest. Mourinho is one of the most successful coaches in modern European soccer, winning league titles with Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid and Porto. He also won the Champions League in 2004 with Porto and in 2010 with Inter Milan.

Source: Standard Digital February 05, 2019 12:33 UTC