Ex-Atletico Madrid player Falcao to admit to tax fraud in Spain - source

Soccer Football - 2018 World Cup Qualifications - Colombia v Brazil - Metropolitano Roberto Melendez stadium, Barranquilla, Colombia - September 5, 2017 Radamel Falcao of Colombia celebrates his goal. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga/File Photo

MADRID (Reuters) - Colombian footballer Radamel Falcao, who played for Atletico Madrid between 2011 and 2013, will plead guilty to tax fraud in Spain and pay a fine of 6.9 million euros in order to avoid a trial, a source on his legal team said on Saturday.

Falcao, who now plays in the French league for Monaco, was accused of not properly declaring around 5.6 million euros earned in image rights between 2012 and 2014.