Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has been jailed for three and a half years for tax evasion.

He had admitted to avoiding paying more than €27 million.

A club legend, Hoeness has served Bayern as a player and an administrator since the 1970s, and won the World Cup with West Germany as a player in 1974.

The 62-year-old had admitted to having a secret bank account in Switzerland last January and Hoeness has one week to appeal the sentence.