The players and managers that have had problems with the Spanish taxman

Lionel Messi

The Argentine was found guilty of €4.1m in tax fraud over three offences between 2007 and 2009 and of not declaring €10.1m in image rights earnings over the same period. As a result, he and his father were sentenced to 21 months in prison.

Cristiano Ronaldo

The Portuguese has been accused of four counts of tax fraud amounting to €14.7m.

Jose Mourinho

The former Real boss was accused of two counts of tax fraud relating to his Personal Income Tax returns during 2011 and 2012.

Javier Mascherano

The Argentine was sentenced to a year in prison and given an €815,000 fine for two charges. The Barcelona man plead guilty and made a deal.

Angel Di Maria

Another Argentine, another deal. Di Maria admitted two charges amounting to €1.3m and will be given a €2m fine and a year's prison sentence.

Xabi Alonso

The former Real Madrid man avoided criminal charges for managing his image rights via a company based in Madeira. Neither his actions or those of his accountant Ivan Zaluda were found to be illegal.

Radamel Falcao

The Colombian was accused of hiding €5,661,862m in earnings during his spell with Atletico.

Fabio Coentrao

The Portuguese was accused alongside Falcao, this time of hiding €1,291,398 in earnings.

Alexis Sanchez

The forward admitted to tax fraud to the value of €983,443 after not inluding his image rights in his Personal Income Tax returns for 2012 and 2013.

Barcelona's signing of Neymar

The Catalan side came to an agreement with the Tax office after admitting wrongdoing during the signing of Neymar, receiving a fine of €5.5m.