Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has been sentenced to 21 months, in prison after he was found guilty of three counts of tax fraud on Wednesday, according to reports.
The Barcelona court also handed the superstar’s father, Jorge, a similar sentence for the same three crimes.
According to BBC news, the duo are unlikely to serve jail time as under Spanish law, a prison sentence under two years can be served under probation.
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The five time Ballon d’Or winner was ordered to pay a fine of around 2 million euros (about R33 million) and his father 1.5 million euros, reports said.
The 29-year-old announced his retirement from international football last week, after a heartbreaking third loss in a major tournament final.
The sentencing therefore couldn’t have come at the worst time for the man regarded as the best footballer player in the world.
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