Mourinho was Real Madrid coach from 2010-13.
But the situation has stuck in the craw for Ronaldo, leading the Portugal captain to tell those close to him that he wants to quit the club and the country.
The cases regard the profits Ronaldo and Mourinho made from image rights, not their salaries from their clubs.
According to Italian publication Tuttosport (via the Daily Mail), United are preparing to offer Real Madrid goalkeeper David de Gea plus a huge cash sum of £183 million for Ronaldo and Morata.
A €120m bid has been discussed between PSG and Ronaldo's agent Jorge Mendes as the former Sporting CP man plots his next career move should he leave Madrid.
Both Pepe and Cristiano Ronaldo published lengthy statements when they were accused of tax fraud.
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"The Spanish government. through the tax department, issued a certificate in which it attested that he had regularised his position and was in compliance with all his tax obligations", Gestifute said. A judge will then decide if they are grounds to charge him with a crime.
Ronaldo, a player United are naturally interested in, has a prohibitively high one billion euros (£880million) buyout clause in the new and improved deal he signed in November which ties him to the Bernabeu until 2021.
Spanish prosecutors said on Tuesday that the Portuguese manager owes Spanish tax authorities 3.3 million euros (£2.9m), a Madrid prosecutor said in a statement, adding it had presented a claim to a local court.
Barcelona's Lionel Messi was also sentenced to 21 months in prison for tax fraud last year, although the fact that the sentence was less than two years, along with Messi's clean criminal record, meant the Argentinian did not ever go to jail.
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