The 28-year-old forward and his father have been accused of defrauding 4 million Euros ($4.5 million) in unpaid taxes during the two-year period in Spain.
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Argentina striker Carlos Tevez has called on his worldwide team-mates to put in a far better display against Paraguay, with talisman Lionel Messi once again unavailable.
The court had previously ruled that Messi could have known about and approved the creation of a web of shell companies that were allegedly used to evade taxes on income from image rights.
“The membership shall proceed to supply him and his family its full help and help in the authorized, fiscal and administrative points of those proceedings”.
Messi and his father paid the Spanish authorities a “corrective payment” of £3.7m after they were formally charged in June 2013. “The State Legal Service is contradicting the Public Prosecution Office’s request and judgement”, says the the statement, adding Messi will prove his innocence.
Messi’s lawyers have argued that the player had “never devoted a minute of his life to reading, studying or analysing” the contracts, El Pais newspaper have reported.
The duo have dominated the prestigious individual award for the year’s best player for many seasons now (they have split the last seven awards – Messi winning four and Ronaldo three) but, when the time comes for a new name to lift the prize, Xavi expects it to be another Barcelona player.
Barcelona have thrown their support behind star Lionel Messi after it emerged he is set to stand trial over alleged tax evasion.
Neymar Jr. will never fulfill his potential in Barcelona, he will continue to remain in the back sit of Barcelona while Lionel Messi edges him in preference, the main reason why Neymar Jr must leave Barcelona.
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“They are damaging to the graceful operating of the membership, its stability and that of the gamers that type a part of it”.
