Calls for probe into Mourinho

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The firm representing the Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has strenuously denied claims he may be involved in a tax avoidance scheme.

An MP has called for an investigation into Mourinho’s financial affairs following claims he moved millions of pounds offshore in order to avoid paying tax.

It is alleged the United manager’s advisers may have helped him move large sums of money to Switzerland and the British Virgin Islands to avoid paying tax on earnings from the use of his image rights for product endorsement – something which has been strongly denied.

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo is another high profile name in football who is accused of having allegedly moved money to a “tax haven”.

The claims emerged in a data leak of over 18 million documents, investigated for the past several months by a group of pan-European media organisations.

Football agency Gestifute, which represents the two Portuguese stars, has …

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