Former Real Madrid Coach, Carlo Ancelotti Sentenced To One Year In Prison Over Tax Fraud

Brazil manager, Carlo Ancelotti has been sentenced to one year in prison for tax fraud.

The 66-year-old former AC Milan, Chelsea, coach was accused of failing to pay tax on his image rights revenues and was found guilty of tax fraud dating back to 2014 when he was in charge of Los Blancos.

Ancelotti was also accused of misleading the Spanish tax office to avoid paying over £833,000 in income tax.

The former Chelsea and Real Madrid manager vehemently denied any wrongdoing, insisting that he had not broken the law due to not spending the 183 days in Spain that demanded tax.

He has admitted he did not pay enough tax in 2014 and blamed doing so on errors from his accountants.

 Ancelotti is likely to receive a suspended sentence as, under Spanish law, any sentence under two years for a non-violent crime rarely requires a defendant without previous convictions to serve jail time.

Ancelotti spent three years in his first spell as Madrid boss before leaving in 2016 to take charge of Bayern Munich for a season.

Following spells with Napoli, and a shock return to the Premier League with Everton, he returned to the

Santiago Bernabeu in 2021. He is now the manager of Brazil after taking over this year and looks set to lead them into the 2026 World Cup.