Real Madrid striker and Portuguese national team Cristiano Ronaldo, suspected of tax evasion, on Monday, July 31, testified in the court of the city of Pozuelo de Alarcon near Madrid. Spanish justice suspects Ronaldo of non-payment of taxes in the amount of 14.7 million euros in the period from 2011 to 2014. After an hour and a half stay in court, the football player left the building through the back door, refusing to communicate with journalists. They had to be content with the official statement distributed by the representatives of Ronaldo. "The Spanish tax service knows all the details about my income, because I never concealed anything and did not intend to evade taxes," said Ronaldo.

- After moving to Real Madrid, I continued to use the services of people and the legal structure that was organized in 2004 in Manchester United,. The British Treasury never had any questions to me and confirmed that everything is formalized according to the laws of ". The football player indicated that to prevent pressure or create various conjectures, they decided not to comment on the process until a "fair decision". In the case of the discovery of the process and the recognition of Ronaldo guilty, he faces a prison sentence of up to three and a half years and a fine of up to 28 million euros.