Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti told a Spanish court on Wednesday he had believed his tax affairs were legal as he testified in a trial in which he is accused of failing to pay 1 million euros ($1.08 million) in tax on image rights revenue.

Ancelotti was charged in 2020 and Spanish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of four years and nine months and a fine of €3.2m.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti attended the opening of his trial on tax evasion charges in Spain on Wednesday.The highly successful Italian manager spent two and-a-half hours inside the Madrid-based courthouse before telling reporters “all is well” upon leaving in a car.