The Spanish authorities' crack down on multi-millionaires not paying their taxes is showing no signs of stopping, and the latest to fall victim to their investigative teams is none other than Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho.
The 54-year-old Portuguese, who coached Real Madrid from 2010 to 2013, was accused of "two offences against the public treasury", the office said in a statement. The finance ministry had claimed Di Maria hid the money, which related to income from his image rights, via an opaque financial structure involving companies in Ireland and Panama.
Reports are now also claiming that Real Madrid is willing to pay the tax amount but the Real Madrid president also refuted this, saying that Ronaldo wouldn't want them to do so, The Guardian reported.
Ronaldo is not the first footballer who has been accused of tax fraud in Spain. There is nothing Real Madrid have to do now.
Last week, Ronaldo was accused by a state prosecutor of four counts of tax fraud totaling 14.7 million euros ($16.5 million).
"Cristiano is a good man and he is being made to look like a criminal.I don't think he is annoyed at us, I think he is annoyed at the general situation".
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The case will now go before a judge for a decision whether it will be brought to trial.
Last Friday (16 June) it emerged that the four-time Ballon d'Or victor was "outraged" following allegations he knowingly failed to pay up to £13m ($16.6m) in taxes to the Spanish authorities.
A four-time Ballon d'Or victor, the 32-year-old Ronaldo is the top European soccer player.
Perez, who was reelected to his position on Monday, publicly backed Ronaldo on Spanish radio after news of his extended stay as club president was confirmed.
Ronaldo is now strongly reconsidering an exit from the Santiago Bernabeu and will meet with Perez face-to-face to discuss the matter when he returns to Spain.
The Argentinian global defrauded the Spanish government to a sum of £1.14 million during his four-year spell with Real Madrid between 2010 and 2014.
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