Lionel Messi Faces 22-Month Jail Term Over £3.1Million Tax Fraud

Barcelona and Argentina superstar, Lionel Messi is presently facing tax evasion charges and is likely to stand trial alongside his father.

The judge in charge of the case in Spain, reportedly rejected the request by prosecutors to drop the charges against the striker and his father Jorge, who are accused of defrauding Spain of more than €4m (£3.1m; $5m) and have denied.


If the lawyers’ requests are taken into consideration, the football wizard and his dad face 22-month jail term after some prosecutors alleged that Jorge avoided paying tax on his son’s earnings by using offshore companies in Belize and Uruguay in 2007-09.