Ancelotti tells trial ‘never considered committing fraud’

REAL Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti denied wrongdoing Wednesday on the first day of his tax fraud trial, telling the court in the Spanish capital he “never considered committing fraud”.

Accused of having hidden income from his image rights from the Spanish tax office via companies based abroad, he said this payment system had been proposed to him by Real Madrid, and that “all the players do it”, as did his predecessor, Jose Mourinho.