Jose Mourinho accused by prosecutors of defrauding Spanish tax authorities 3.3 million euros

Spanish prosecutors have filed a claim against Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho on two counts of tax fraud totaling €3.3m between between 2011-12 when he was Real Madrid manager.

A Madrid prosecutor in a statement said, the Portuguese owes Spanish tax authorities 3.3 million euros (£2.9m), adding that it had presented a claim to a local court. 

Mourinho, 54 departed Real Madrid in 2013 and returned to English side Chelsea for a second spell before signing with United in 2016. 

Prosecutors said Mourinho had failed to declare revenues from his image rights in his Spanish income tax declarations from 2011 and 2012, "with the aim of obtaining illicit profits". 

They said Mourinho had already settled a previous claim relating to his Spanish taxes, which resulted in a penalty of 1.15 million euros in 2014. But tax authorities later found that some of the information presented in that settlement was incorrect, the prosecutors said. 

The claims against Mourinho come amid a lengthening list of tax fraud cases involving soccer stars in Spain.