A Spanish judge has summoned Jose Mourinho to answer questions regarding accusations of tax fraud, relating to his time as Real Madrid boss.
The Manchester United manager, who is from Portugal but previously coached in Spain, has been called to appear before a judge in a Madrid-based court on November 3.
The 54-year-old Mourinho was accused by Spanish state prosecutors in June of defrauding Spain's Tax Office of £2.9million in unpaid taxes in 2011 and 2012.
The money in question does not involve Mourinho's salary from when he coached Real Madrid, but rather revenues from image rights.
The United boss, valued at £61m by the Sunday Times Rich List last in May, has previously denied the accusations made against him.
A statement issued by his agency Gestifute read: ‘Jose Mourinho has not received any notification with regards to the news published today. To this date, neither the Spanish tax authorities, nor the public prosecutor have contacted Jose Mourinho or his advisers, who were hired for the inspection process.
Jose Mourinho, who lived in Spain from June 2010 until May 2013, paid more than 26m euros in taxes, with an average tax rate over 41 per cent, and accepted the regularisation proposals made by the Spanish tax authorities in 2015, regarding 2011 and 2012, and entered into a settlement agreement regarding 2013.’
Mourinho is the latest football icon to be accused of tax evasion in Spain after Ricardo Carvalho, Angel Di Maria, Pepe, Fabio Coentrao, Radamel Falcao and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Barcelona's Lionel Messi and his father Jorge were convicted of defrauding the Spanish state of £3.6m in unpaid taxes last year, with the pair handed 21-month suspended jail terms.
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