Tottenham football manager Harry Redknapp has been accused of involvement in an abusive tax scheme. In a statement released today, the Crown Prosecution Service said: 'Henry (Harry) Redknapp, the former football manager of Portsmouth City Football Club, has today been charged with two counts of cheating the public revenue.'

The CPS Revenue and Customs Division said it has sufficient evidence and that it's in the public interest to charge the football manager.

He faces a joint charge with Milan Mandaric, the former chairman of Portsmouth City football club, following an ongoing investigation by the taxman and City of London police.

The charges are over two payments, totalling $295,000 (£180,850), paid to Redknapp from Mandaric via a bank account in Monaco, which evaded the tax and national insurance contributions due between 1 April 2002 and 28 November 2007, in relation to Redknapp's employment. He is due to appear at the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on 11 February.