ITS DONE,YOU WILL NEVER SEE MESSI PLAY FOOTBALL AS HE IS HANDED A 21 MONTH JAIL TERM
Lionel Messi has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for tax fraud by a Spanish court.
Under Spanish law any sentence under two years can be suspended thence the Barcelona and Argentina footballer is not expected to spend any time in jail.
The 29-year-old, who is among the world's biggest earner, was blamed for making a string of fake organizations in Belize and Uruguay to keep away from tax collection on €4.16m (£3.2m) of appearance right income somewhere around 2007 and 2009.
Messi, who requested for time out from Argentina's arrangements for the Copa America competition this late spring, said in court a month ago: "I was playing football; I had no clue about anything. I believed my father and my legal advisors."
The Argentinian's dad Jorge Horacio Messi has additionally been given the same discipline. The pair can appeal
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Under Spanish law any sentence under two years can be suspended thence the Barcelona and Argentina footballer is not expected to spend any time in jail.
The 29-year-old, who is among the world's biggest earner, was blamed for making a string of fake organizations in Belize and Uruguay to keep away from tax collection on €4.16m (£3.2m) of appearance right income somewhere around 2007 and 2009.
Messi, who requested for time out from Argentina's arrangements for the Copa America competition this late spring, said in court a month ago: "I was playing football; I had no clue about anything. I believed my father and my legal advisors."
The Argentinian's dad Jorge Horacio Messi has additionally been given the same discipline. The pair can appeal
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