Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says he has paid to settle accusations of tax fraud in Spain.
The 54-year-old attended court in Pozuelo de Alcarcon on Friday to answer charges of tax fraud totalling €3.3million, which he has always denied.
Speaking to reporters after the hearing, Mourinho said the case is closed and that he only attended to settle the matter.
I was told that my tax situation was completely legal, he said, as quoted by ESPN.
A few years later I was told that there was an investigation opened and they told me that to regularise my situation I had to pay sum X.
I did not answer, I did not argue, I have paid and signed with the state that I am definitely in compliance and the case is closed. That is why I am here, nothing else.
Mourinho was summoned at the end of September over allegations he defrauded Spanish tax authorities of €3.3m between 2011 and 2012, while he was head coach of Real Madrid.
When the charges were announced in June, Mourinho s representatives issued a statement denying he had been contacted by prosecutors and insisting his taxes had been paid in full.
United were forced to rearrange their pre-game media duties ahead of Sunday s Premier League clash with Chelsea due to the hearings but Mourinho insisted it was not a distraction.
It s just a change of normal training time because I want to be there and I can t be there in the morning so I have to change the timings, he said on Thursday.
