I wonder why football players evaded taxes despite the outrageous salaries they receive. In fact Cristiano Ronaldo’s three months salary can last me for at least three years, yet they are always embroiled in tax fraud.
Lionel Messi and Ronaldo have also been caught in the web in the not too distant and the latest person to join the list is Angel Di Maria. The Paris Saint-Germain player has admitted to two counts of fraud during his time with Real Madrid, which holds six-month prison sentences each.
According to Mirror UK, the Argentine is said to have defrauded the Spanish government of £1.14million during his four-year spell at the Bernabeu before leaving to join Manchester United for a Premier League record fee in 2010.
Despite being handed the prison sentence, he is highly unlikely to spend any time behind bars if he pays a fine of £1.76million.
According to Spanish law, sentences of under two years are suspended in Spain providing the convicted has no previous criminal record.
