Spokesman: Government attested Mourinho was in compliance with tax laws

Another one of football's heavyweights was punched by the Agencia Tributaria on Tuesday, as Jose Mourinho was accused of defrauding Spain's tax agency of €3.3 million while managing Real Madrid. But he was quick to punch back.

A spokesman for Mourinho said that the Special One wasn't notified about the news, and declared that the Spanish government attested to the Portuguese manager being "in compliance with all his tax obligations."

Mourinho was accused of committing two counts of tax fraud, one in 2011 and another in 2012. A prosecutor in Madrid said "corporate structures were used by the accused in order to conceal revenues generated from his image rights," and alleged that Mourinho failed to declare income "with the intention of deriving unlawful benefit." The tactician was employed at Real Madrid between 2010 and 2013, during which time he led Los Blancos to a La Liga title and a Copa del Rey crown.

"Jose Mourinho has not received any notification with regards to the news published today," the spokesman declared, according to the Guardian's Sam Jones. "To this date, neither the Spanish tax authorities nor the public prosecutor have contacted Jose Mourinho or his advisers who were hired for the inspection process.

"Jose Mourinho, who lived in Spain from June 2010 until May 2013, paid more than €26 million in taxes, with an average tax rate over 41 percent and accepted the regularisation proposals made by the Spanish tax authorities in 2015 regarding the years of 2011 and 2012 and entered into a settlement agreement regarding 2013.

"The Spanish government in turn, through the tax department, issued a certificate in which it attested that he had regularised his position and was in compliance with all his tax obligations."

Dan Roan, the BBC's sports editor, added a photo to Twitter of the document published by Mourinho's advisers.

The accusation came exactly one week after Cristiano Ronaldo was accused of defrauding the Agencia Tributaria of €14.7 million.