Manchester United star Alexis Sanchez sentenced to 16 months in prison for tax fraud but will avoid jail
The Manchester United forward was found guilty of the defrauding the Spanish government of £890,000 in image rights, while playing for Barcelona between 2012 and 2013.
Sanchez has reached an agreement whereby he will repay the money owed, plus interest, and recognised that he falsified the sale of his image rights to a foreign company in order to avoid paying tax.
The Chilean gave evidence to a Spanish court via a video camera from London while an Arsenal player on January 16, 2017.
He has now accepted his sentence, and has two years to pay the money back, before the suspension is lifted and he will be forced to spend time behind bars.
Sanchez, 29, is the latest in a long line of high-profile players to have been prosecuted by the Spanish court for alleged tax evasion.
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