Barcelona confident Messi will stay
Jul 11, 2016 - 7:50 PM Lionel Messi is not interested in leaving Barcelona in the wake of his sentencing for tax fraud, according to club spokesman Josep Vives.A Barcelona court last week handed Messi and his father 21-month prison sentences and fined the former 2 million euros ($A2.92 million) and the latter 1.5 million euros for tax fraud.
They are unlikely to go to prison because, under Spanish law, a first-time offender who receives a sentence of fewer than two years for a non-violent crime does not serve jail time.
Both have already appealed to the supreme court.
Media reports in England recently claimed Messi's father and agent Jorge had met with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich aboard his yacht, raising concerns over whether the star would remain with Barca.
"We have maintained contact with his entourage and we are not aware Leo wants to leave the club, we simply don't get that feeling," Vives said on Monday.
"We are not worried about this, nothing has reached us to suggest this is the case."
Source: AAP
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