Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti told a Spanish court on Wednesday he had believed his tax affairs were legal as he testified in a trial in which he is accused of failing to pay one million euros ($1.

Ancelotti was charged in 2020 and Spanish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of four years and nine months and a fine of €3.2m.

Carlo Ancelotti has denied he committed tax fraud by not declaring image rights payments during his first spell at Real Madrid as coach becomes latest big name in football to face charge