Spanish court resumes trial against Messi

Spanish court will proceed with the process of the Barcelona’s attacker and the Argentine football player Lionel Messi, despite the recommendation of the public prosecutor to drop the charges against him for tax evasion. The Court of Barcelona believes that there is sufficient evidence for the process and that Messi had to know all the circumstances under which there has been fraud, even though the plaintiff in June agreed that Lionel’s father, Jorge responsible for tax evasion, not an Argentine footballer.

Spanish state prosecutor filed a lawsuit against Lionel in June last year, and his father, because they tried to conceal profits from selling player’s photos. Messi was accused of tax for 2007, 2008 and 2009. owed four million.

Messi’s father on August 14th 2013. paid more than five million owed ​​for taxes and interest. One of the highest paid athletes in the world, Messi, earns over $ 40 million per season in the name of profits and bonuses, as well as 23 million from sponsors.

Suarez’s appeal denied, Barcelona will be a long wait on his debut

World Football Federation (FIFA) has not accepted the appeal of Luis Suarez and the Uruguayan football association in punishment for the attacker because of biting George Chellini during the match of Uruguay and Italy.

FIFA, therefore, will not change the decision of a suspension which includes nine matches breaks in matches for the national team and four months without football for Suarez at the club level. Although the player apologized after the incident and promised to “not more bite”, it did not help much to alleviate the FIFA penalty.

Suarez will suspension, as things stand, do as a member of Barcelona in where will move from Liverpool this summer.