MADRID: Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti told a Spanish court on Wednesday he had believed his tax affairs were legal as he testified in a trial in which he is accused of failing to pay €1 million (US$1.08 million) in tax on image rights revenue.
“For me, everything was in order,” Ancelotti said. “I never thought about committing fraud.”
Taking the stand on the first day of the trial, the Italian said that when joining the Spanish team, he had been offered a net salary of €6 million and had left it up to the club and his British adviser how that was structured.