Alexis Sanchez is another former FC Barcelona player who is suffering at the hands of Spain’s tax authorities.

The forward is alleged to owe the Hacienda money from 2011, 2012 and 2013, while he was with Barcelona, before he moved to Arsenal in 2014.

The claim is that he owes around 3.5 million euros in tax and fines which he has not paid, allegedly passing money through a shell company in Malta by selling his image right to them - even though he owns 99 per cent of the company.

Alexis’s attic flat in the Pedralbes area of Barcelona has been seized by authorities.