Luis Figo owes Spain €2.4 Million taxes

 

Former World Player of Year Luis Figo has been ordered to pay around €2.4 million in income tax to the Spanish government from his time as a Barcelona player, the country's supreme court ruled on Wednesday.

The former Portugal international had appealed against a 2008 demand from the Spanish tax authorities which claimed monies due from 1997 to 1999 relating to his image rights when he was a player at the Nou Camp.

The midfielder played for Barcelona between 1995 and 2000, winning two league titles and the European Cup Winners' Cup, before making a record-breaking and highly controversial move to their bitter rivals Real Madrid.

As Real's first big-money 'Galactico' signing he helped them win two league titles and the 2002 Champions League.