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Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho 'accepts one-year prison sentence' over tax evasion

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Jose Mourinho has reportedly accepted a one-year prison sentence as part of a plea bargain deal with prosecutors accusing him of a £2.9million tax fraud.

The Manchester United manager has accepted a six-month jail sentence for each of the two financial crimes he was accused of after accepting wrongdoing as part of the agreement with prosecutors, according to respected Spanish newspaper El Mundo .

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