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Arsenal striker Alexis Sanchez admits to tax fraud totalling £865,000 from time at Barcelona as Chilean confesses wrongdoing via video link

Alexis Sanchez has admitted committing tax fraud totalling £865,000 during his time at Barcelona between 2012-13.

The Arsenal forward appeared via video link in a Catalan Court for roughly two minutes as he confessed to the wrongdoing.

A case had been brought against the Chilean by a prosecutor at the tax agency called Miguel Angel Perez de Gregorio who claimed Sanchez evaded payment of tax from his image rights via a company based in Malta.

Alexis Sanchez has admitted to committing tax fraud during his time with Barcelona
Alexis Sanchez has admitted to committing tax fraud during his time with Barcelona

According to Europa Press, the Arsenal star is understood to have already returned the money he admitted to withholding.