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Spain's prosecutor seeks five-year jail for Xabi Alonso on tax fraud

FILE PHOTO - Football Soccer - Real Madrid v Bayern Munich - UEFA Champions League Quarter Final Second Leg - Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain - 18/4/17 Bayern Munich's Xabi Alonso Reuters / Michael Dalder Livepic

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's prosecutor said on Wednesday it was seeking a five-year jail sentence and a fine of 4 million euros (£3.5 million) for former soccer player Xabi Alonso over accusations of tax fraud.

The prosecutor said in a statement Alonso is accused of defrauding the Spanish state some 2 million euros between 2010 and 2012.

The prosecutor called for the same sentence to be applied to Alonso's financial advisor Ivan Zaldua Azcuenaga and the administrator of consultancy shell company, Ignasi Maestre Casanova.

(Reporting by Raquel Castillo; Writing by Paul Day; Editing by Julien Toyer)

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