Former Manchester United midfielder Anderson has been ordered to jail time over his reported failure to pay little one upkeep.
The 36-year-old has been instructed he should serve time in a jail within the southern Brazilian metropolis of Porto Alegre except he arms over the £45,000 he owes.
The choice was made final week by a household court docket choose within the retired footballer’s dwelling metropolis, however solely grew to become public in a single day.
The lock-up the place ex-Brazil worldwide Anderson, who gained the Premier League 4 instances with Man United after signing for the membership from Porto in July 2007, might spend his time has been recognized regionally because the Irmao Miguel Dario Jail.
The previous footballer, who additionally performed for Fiorentina in Italy and Internacional in his homeland earlier than hanging up his boots aged simply 31, is claimed to have been instructed he should serve 30 days behind bars except he clears his little one upkeep debt.
Former Manchester United midfielder Anderson has been ordered to jail over his reported failure to pay little one upkeep
Anderson, who gained the Premier League 4 instances with Man United, retired on the age of 31
He has been supplied the choice of doing his jail time in a ‘semi-open’ regime whereby he might work or research outdoors the jail in the course of the day however return to sleep at night time, in keeping with revered Brazilian information web site GZH.
Anderson was on the centre of controversy in his homeland 4 years in the past after being accused of laundering £4.7 million although cryptocurrencies.
Anderson, full identify Anderson Luis de Abreu Oliveira, was mentioned to be father to 4 youngsters in 2015 and 9 youngsters at the beginning of the 12 months when he recalled his time at Manchester United in an interview with a Brazilian newspaper.
He revealed he and his former Portuguese teammate Nani have been ‘adopted’ by Cristiano Ronaldo for practically a 12 months whereas they slept at his home, saying their beds have been stretchers.
He mentioned: ‘I thank him very a lot. He adopted me. We lived at Ronaldo’s home for nearly a 12 months. We left as a result of we needed to depart.
‘For him we might have stayed there. We did not spend something. The man took us to coaching, fed us, had a cook dinner for us. There was a swimming pool inside and out of doors the home, a jacuzzi, and a tennis court docket.’
Neither Anderson, capped eight instances at senior degree by his nation, or his lawyer have made any remark.