Diego Costa pleads guilty to 1.1 million euro tax offence Atletico Madrid Has accepted a six-month prison sentence

Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa has pleaded guilty for a tax offence that amounts to 1.1 million euros.

The 30-year-old went to the Court of Instruction No.48 at Plaza Castilla in Madrid and recognised the facts charged by the Tax Agency in their complaint.

This information has come from El Mundo, and Costa's acceptance of the charges means that he has had to accept a six-month prison sentence, which does not imply compliance and can be replaced by a fine.

Costa already paid back the Spanish tax authorities a figure of 1,142,888 euros a few months ago, having evaded taxes in the 2014 fiscal year, and he will face a penalty of 600,000 euros.

Following his initial refusal to reach an agreement with the Treasury, Costa reconsidered his stance and decided to close a deal, just as the majority of footballers have done in recent years in similar cases.