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Dutch prosecutors are calling for a 10-month jail sentence for former Socceroos coach Guus Hiddink on tax fraud charges.
Prosecutors say Dutchman Hiddink, now the Russian national coach, evaded around $2.3 million in Dutch taxes while falsely claiming he was a resident of Belgium in 2002 and 2003.
From 2000 to 2002 Hiddink was employed as the national coach of South Korea, guiding the co-hosts to the semi-finals of the 2002 World Cup tournament.
Hiddink had allegedly actually stayed at his girlfriend's home in Amsterdam, a prosecutor said, calling Hiddink's Belgium residence a "joke".
In Moscow, Russian Football Union president Vitaly Mutko said he was not too concerned about the case.
"I don't think it'll get to a jail sentence," Mutko said.
"We live in a civilised world, not in medieval times. Holland is a European country, so I don't think they will go to the extreme.
"Besides, this is just a prosecutor's demand. Let's wait and see what the judges will actually make of it."
Hiddink is currently in the Netherlands where his Russia team face the Dutch in an international friendly in Amsterdam on Thursday.
Prosecutors began legal proceedings against Hiddink last July.
- REUTERS
