United Star Sanchez Sentenced to 16-Months in Prison

in #football7 years ago

 Manchester United striker Alexis Sanchez has accepted a 16-month suspended jail sentence for tax fraud in return for avoiding a trial. 

 The Chile forward admitted to evading payments totalling €983,443 (£874,810) in 2012 and 2013 while he was playing for Barcelona. 

 Sanchez appeared in court via video link in January and pleaded guilty to concealing part of what he earned from image rights during his time at Camp Nou. 

 Spanish law states that the 29-year-old will not have to spend any time in jail and he has agreed to pay the money he owes with interest 

 Sanchez, who joined United from Arsenal last month, is rumoured to be the highest paid player in the Premier League following the transfer, earning £14m a year after tax. 

He is one of a number of high-profile players to have fallen foul of the tax laws in Spain.

Last month, Real Madrid's Croatia midfielder Luka Modric paid Spanish fiscal authorities close to 1m euro to settle his own image rights tax case.