Mourinho appears before court in Spain over charges of $3.8m tax fraud

MADRID, Nov 3 (AFP): Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho was grilled by a judge in Spain on Friday over accusations of a 3.3 million euro ($3.8 million) tax fraud during his time in charge of Real Madrid in 2011 and 2012.
The 54-year-old did not speak to reporters as he arrived for the court hearing in Pozuelo de Alarcon, an upscale Madrid suburb where he used to live, which comes just over 48 hours before he is set to return to Stamford Bridge to face old side Chelsea on Sunday.
The Portuguese coach, who wore a suit with no tie, is the latest high-profile football figure to be questioned over his tax affairs. He entered the main door of the court without his lawyers, who arrived before him. Spanish prosecutors accuse Mourinho, who coached Madrid between 2010 and 2013, of failing to declare income of 1.6 million euros in 2011 and 1.7 million euros in 2012.
The basis for the case, as with a series of football stars based in Spain, is how income from Mourinho's image rights was managed and declared.