Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has arrived at court on Monday for the trial at which he is accused of tax evasion.
Redknapp, who has been tipped as a future England manager, is accused of two counts of cheating the public revenue when he was manager of Portsmouth.
He is accused alongside the then Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric.
The first charge alleges that between April 1, 2002, and November 28, 2007, Mandaric paid £93,300 into a bank account held by Redknapp in Monaco, to avoid paying income tax and national insurance.
The second charge for the same offence relates to a sum of £96,500 allegedly paid by Mandaric to the same account between May 1, 2004, and November 28, 2007.
Both men deny the charges and a two-week trial begins at Southwark Crown Court this morning.
Redknapp's son, Jamie, was also present at the court in south London to lend to support to his dad as he begins the trial.
Redknapp, 64, who underwent minor heart surgery last year to unblock his arteries, is the most successful English manager in the modern game, having led Portsmouth to FA Cup success and Spurs to last season's Champions League quarter-finals.
Serbian Mandaric is now chairman of Sheffield Wednesday, having previously worked at Leicester.
Redknapp is represented by John Kelsey-Fry QC, while Lord Ken Macdonald QC is counsel for Mandaric, of Stretton Hall, Oadby, Leicestershire.
John Black QC will open the prosecution after a jury is sworn in before Judge Anthony Leonard QC.
