DIEGO COSTA has been sentenced to six months in jail for tax offences but will pay a £32,000 fine to avoid serving the sentence.
The ex-Chelsea striker pleaded guilty to an offence during the season he left Atletico to join Chelsea.
According to reports in Spain, the 31-year-old avoided paying £980,000 in tax.
The Spanish Tax Agency said Costa defrauded them out of taxes and also charged him with a separate offence in the 2013 financial year.
Costa initially refuted the claims but reconsidered his original stance and reached an agreement with Spanish authorities.
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