Messi jailed

[Barry Shitpeas]

For tax fraud. Shitting hell! 21 months.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ReutersSports/status/750641985879498752

[Zenith]

Holy shit, that is mental http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36721892?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central

[Colonel Cærdiffi]

Shit. If ever there was a lucky day for Ronaldo...

[Zenith]

Shit. If ever there was a lucky day for Ronaldo...

Typical :hehe:

[Jimmy the Jock]

What a messi.

[Rjk]

They'll have a shit hot prison football team though.


In all seriousness I doubt he'll serve a single day

[Charlie]

Suspended sentence.

[Ainsley Harriott]

He'll spend the whole sentence out on probation...it'll be interesting to see what restrictions are in place re: European travel, night matches etc...

[Rjk]

Shit. If ever there was a lucky day for Ronaldo...

I'll bet he's pissed off actually, he's in a semi final and people are still talking about Messi.

[Charlie]

I'll bet he's pissed off actually, he's in a semi final and people are still talking about Messi.

Jorge Mendes announces that Cristiano Ronaldo will seek a 22 month jail sentence next year.

[Des Parrot]

Jorge Mendes announces that Cristiano Ronaldo will seek a 22 month jail sentence next year.

Classic :hehe::hehe::hehe:

[lardy]

He won't spend any time in prison apparently.

[CCFC CASUAL]

Jorge Mendes announces that Cristiano Ronaldo will seek a 22 month jail sentence next year.

hahaha classic

[Wales-Bales]

Bale is the best, such a normal person :thumbup:

[Blue in the Face]

Jorge Mendes announces that Cristiano Ronaldo will seek a 22 month jail sentence next year.

Outstanding

[blue matt]

he will not serve time though

Under the Spanish system, prison terms of under two years can be served under probation

which is crazy really, though i guess it free's up prisons

[surge]

I wonder how many you could employ for a year on minimum wage with the amount he's shielded from tax? I wonder if it's all the unemployed in the Basque country.

[Rjk]

I wonder how many you could employ for a year on minimum wage with the amount he's shielded from tax? I wonder if it's all the unemployed in the Basque country.

Spanish minimum wage is about €9171 per year. With the €5 m messi owed you could pay 545 unemployed people of the Basque country.
The population of the Basque country is 2.189m of which 1.272m are of working age.
14% of those are considered unemployed meaning about 178k people.
Meaning that messis unpaid tax could have paid for all of the unemployed in the Basque country for just over a day.

[Rjk]

Jorge Mendes announces that Cristiano Ronaldo will seek a 22 month jail sentence next year.

Brilliant

[lardy]

I wonder how many you could employ for a year on minimum wage with the amount he's shielded from tax? I wonder if it's all the unemployed in the Basque country.

Comparing Catalonia would make a bit more sense.

[Wales-Bales]

Comparing Catalonia would make a bit more sense.

What has Cerys Matthews got to do with it?

[Rjk]

Comparing Catalonia would make a bit more sense.

The unemployment rate of Catalonia is about 17% of a working population of over 3.5m (out of 7.5m total)
So about 650k unemployed.
So messis taxes would pay the unemployment benefits for all of these for around a third of a day.

[Dénia Bluebird]

For tax fraud. Shitting hell! 21 months.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ReutersSports/status/750641985879498752

He wont have ANY restrictions on him, whatsoever! All first offenders in Spain receiving less than 24 months imprisonment have their sentences suspended. He is goi nowhere. Lucky boy!