Ancelotti Gets Jail Term for Tax Evasion but Will Not Go to Prison

Brazil manager Carlo Ancelotti has been sentenced to a year in prison by a Spanish court for tax evasion but he will not have to serve time in jail.

The former Chelsea and Everton boss was accused of failing to pay 1m euros (£830,000) in tax on his salary during his first spell in charge of Real Madrid from 2013 to 2015.

He will avoid prison but does have to pay a fine of 386,361.93 euros (£333,045.92).

Under Spanish law, any sentence under two years for a non-violent crime rarely requires a defendant without previous convictions to serve jail time.

Earlier this year, Ancelotti said he "never thought about committing fraud" as he testified in court.

Ancelotti said he was offered a net salary of 6m euros (£5.1m) by Real and that he left the structure of it to his financial advisers.

Ancelotti, 66, ended a second spell with Real at the end of last season and took the Brazil job.