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22nd November 2014
06:20am GMT

Messi paid a €5 million settlement for concealing the money but the authorities have decided to force him to stand trial, which could result in a prison sentence.
Sources close to Messi revealed to the Spanish newspaper El Confidencial, that Barcelona's talismanic striker might be on the way out of the club due to the tax dispute, claiming that the Argentine could actually face some jail time.
Hat-tip to IndependentThere are other elite sportspeople who have tax problems and they’ve all been settled administratively, as was the case with Real Madrid players Xabi Alonso and Iker Casillas and tennis star Rafa Nadal.
Messi is the only one who faces legal proceedings that could end with him going to jail. He’s fed up with Spain and that’s why he wants to leave.
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