The public prosecutor’s office in Madrid has accused Carlo Ancelotti of tax fraud. After the second leg against Leipzig, the Real coach commented on the issue for the first time
Will Carlo Ancelotti go to prison? A Madrid public prosecutor’s office is demanding just that for the Real coach, who spoke out for the first time about the explosive allegations that emerged on Wednesday morning after the flattering progression to the last 16 of the Champions League against RB Leipzig.
These accuse the 64-year-old Italian of tax fraud, although it was not about his club salary, but about income from his own image rights and similar income. Incidentally, it is not the second period in which Ancelotti has coached the Whites – since 2021 – that is affected, but his stay during his first term in the Spanish capital between 2013 and 2015.
It’s probably about a specific question
The exact status of this stay, meanwhile, is at the heart of Ancelotti’s stance that he has done nothing wrong. “I am convinced that I am innocent,” the four-time Champions League winner asserted in the mixed zone on Wednesday evening – and gave his reasons. The Italian, who said he had already paid a fine to the public prosecutor’s office, explained that he had not even been resident in Madrid at the time. The clarification of this question is crucial.
The competent public prosecutor’s office, which according to Ancelotti has at least so far taken a different view, is publicly demanding four years and nine months in prison for the Real Madrid head coach, who has already extended his contract, which expires in the summer, early until 2026. Ancelotti’s employer has not yet commented on the allegations and the impending consequences.
In Spain, a number of major soccer personalities, including Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, have been targeted by the tax authorities in recent years. None of them had to go to prison
