Manchester United manager José Mourinho has reached a deal with the Spanish state on a one-year suspended sentence in a long-running tax fraud case, Spain’s El Mundo newspaper reports.
The Portuguese national was also fined about 2 million Euros.
He was accused of owing nearly 3.3million Euros in undeclared image rights revenue for 2011 and 2012, when he was Real Madrid manager.
Mourinho said earlier he had paid all the taxes he owed. He is not expected to serve any time in jail because Spanish law states that a sentence of under two years for a first offence can be served on probation, according to Reuters news agency.
Spanish authorities launched the image rights case against Mourinho in June last year.
Meanwhile, American football star Colin Kaepernick who sparked a furore by kneeling during the national anthem has been unveiled as one of the faces in a major advertising campaign.
The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback is appearing in Nike’s “Just Do It” 30th anniversary campaign.
