Messi, turns to Facebook to defend himself against accused of forgery

 

Messi, using the Facebook by himself to deny the accusations,which the tax authorities in Spain, accuses him in tax fraud.

Messi and his father  accused by  tax authorities, that they hide taxes worth more than $ 5 million from 2006 to 2009,according to Reuters, through promotional rights contracts with fake companies exist in Britain, Switzerland and Uruguay.

Messi said ,to his 46 million fans Facebook page that, we knew from the media about the accusations and we are surprised by this news because we did not commit any error. We always committed to tax obligations.

And forbes magazine said, Messi Ranked tenth in the list of the top athletes in the world income, And his income of the year  2013 more than $ 41 million, where salaries from Barcelona team approximately $ 20.3 million, in addition to the sponsorship deals with some famous brands like Adidas, Pepsi, which reaps about $ 21 million.