FILES - Picture taken on August 14, 2015, shows Bayern Munich's Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso during the German first division Bundesliga football match FC Bayern Munich vs Hamburger SV at the Allianz Arena in Munich, southern Germany. Xabi Alonso does not exclude to remain at Munich beyond summer of 2016, the end of his initial contract, as he said in an interview with the daily Muenchner Merkur in the edition of September 4, 2015. AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOF STACHE FILES - Picture taken on August 14, 2015, shows Bayern Munich's Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso during the German first division Bundesliga football match FC Bayern Munich vs Hamburger SV at the Allianz Arena in Munich, southern Germany. Xabi Alonso does not exclude to remain at Munich beyond summer of 2016, the end of his initial contract, as he said in an interview with the daily Muenchner Merkur in the edition of September 4, 2015. AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOF STACHE

Bayern Munich midfielder Xabi Alonso has become the latest high-profile footballer to face accusations of tax fraud by the Spanish authorities. Prosecutors presented charges on Friday for three counts of fraud amounting to three million euros ($3.3 million) between 2009 and 2011 when Alonso played for Real Madrid.

"It is an alleged crime against the public purse committed in 2009, 2010 and 2011 and the total amount of the presumed fraud would be around three million euros between the three years," chief-prosecutor for the Madrid region, Jose Javier Polo, told AFP. Alonso released a lengthy statement via his official Facebook page denying any wrongdoing and claimed to not have been informed of the opening of any judicial proceedings. "The player reiterates absolutely emphatically that he has always complied and continues to comply with all his tax obligations."

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