Barcelona and Argentine footballer, Lionel Messi has received a 21 month jail term and a fine of two million Euros for tax fraud.
Messi and his father Jorge were found to have evaded tax on Lionel’s Image Rights, owing more than 4 million Euros in back payments, and the Court of Catalonia has sentenced the pair to just under two years in prison.
A Spanish court has said the sentences for the 29-year-old Argentina striker can be appealed through the country’s supreme court.
However, reports say none of them will serve the jail time.
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