Former Arsenal and Manchester City star Samir Nasri is under investigation by French tax authorities after reportedly being rumbled by his Deliveroo orders.
The Frenchman, 38, is suspected of living in Paris even though he is officially a resident in Dubai, according to Les Echos.
The publication say 212 orders from fast-food delivery app Deliveroo were made to Nasri’s residence in Paris in 2022.
It is a detail that could prove he has been residing in France rather than Dubai and should therefore be paying more tax in his homeland.
Nasri, who retired from playing in 2021 and is now a pundit on Canal+, could be hit with a tax reassessment of £4.80million, including £4.5m in backdated income tax from between 2020-22.
The report also states that he could owe property taxes of £70,000 for the period 2019-25.
Samir Nasri could face punishment for alleged tax fraud, with Les Echos reporting Deliveroo orders to his residence in Paris could prove he was not in Dubai
The French treasury has ordered the seizure of one of Nasri’s bank accounts and a court order (judicial lien) on his house in Paris in case he has to pay up.
Nari denies the charges against him.
Les Echos claims other information may be used against him to prove he has been living in France, including having stakes in French companies and filming as a pundit 45 times.
Nasri shot to prominence at Arsenal after signing for the Premier League side from Marseille for £12m in 2008.
He played 125 games for the club before moving to Man City where he earned £180,000-a-week and made 175 appearances, winning the Premier League twice.
Nasri moved on to Sevilla, Turkish side Antalyaspor and then came back to England to play for West Ham before ending his playing career with Anderlecht.
He was involved in a doping scandal back in 2018 when he was banned for six months following a drip treatment in Los Angeles two years earlier.
The content of the drop broke the World Anti-Doping Agency’s rules and led to an investigation in Spain.
In 2017, Sevilla (where he was on loan at the time), applied for a retrospective TUE (therapeutic use exemption), but UEFA refused and that decision was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
