Argentina and Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi and his father Jorge have been sentenced to 21 months in prison for tax fraud by a Catalan court, according to Spanish media sources.
But under Spanish law, sentences under two years are usually suspended and neither are likely to serve any time in prison.
The long-running case relates to a scheme to avoid paying £3.4m of tax on Lionel Messi's image rights.
Source: PA