Times: Mendes will pay 18 million euros in taxes, about 153 million yuan

May 7th According to the Times, Mendes will pay 18 million euros in taxes.

It is reported that super broker Mendes denied tax evasion charges but agreed to pay 18 million euros in taxes. Mendes denied tax evasion charges in Portugal, but he has taken steps to pay 18 million euros (about 153 million yuan) to the country's tax authorities.

According to Portuguese media reports, the procuratorate accused Mendes and his wife Sandra of alleged tax evasion. In 2018, it was first reported that Mendes donated half of his company's capital to a company registered in Amsterdam, avoiding taxes on dividends. Mendes earned huge revenues through player transfers, including Ronaldo's transfers.

Currently, his latest celebrity client is Barcelona's talented teenager Yamal. Mendes said in a statement that he has always “guided my professional and personal life with absolute respect for the law.”

In response, Mendes said: "Although I completely deny any allegations of tax evasion, and to protect my family, I have instructed to initiate the process of paying the so-called arrears, it does not affect my use of all available means to defend me. I still firmly believe and have the confidence that justice will be done in due course and that my innocence will be fully demonstrated."

Mendes' lawyer Rui Patricio of Morace Leyton Law Firm also confirmed that his client is still prepared to pay the amount despite his insistence that he is innocent. He also said the allegations had nothing to do with any football transfer and stressed that these facts were strictly involved in his personal, family and financial affairs rather than his professional field. Reports in 2018 claimed that Mendes' capital transfer to Sandra had prevented him from taxing tens of millions of pounds of dividends, as capital gains were tax-free in Portugal.