LONDON: It is just over two years since Zoran Mamic took Al-Ain of the United Arab Emirates to within 90 minutes of becoming world champions. Incredible as that sounds, just as surprising is the news that the Croatian, who also coached the twin Riyadh titans of Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr, is going to prison. Just days before his Dinamo Zagreb team was due to take on Tottenham Hotspur and Jose Mourinho in the UEFA Europa League, Mamic was jailed for four years and eight months on corruption and tax avoidance charges. Along with his brother — a former vice president of the Croatian Football Association who has fled the country — and two others, Mamic was accused of siphoning the equivalent of $13 million (SR68 million) from transfer fees and avoiding tax of around SR7 million.