Neymar and his father, Barcelona President Josep Maria Bartomeu and his predecessor Sandro Rosell has been charged over tax evasion and forgery of documents in Brazil. Government prosecutors want the Barcelona player to be investigated over four charges of fraud. They claimed Neymar and his father Neymar da Silva Santos, set up companies as fronts in oder to pay lower rate. [...]
Javier Mascherano Sentenced To Jail For Tax Fraud
Barcelona player Javier Mascherano has been sentenced to one-year in prison on Thursday for not paying €1.5m in taxes for 2011 and 2012 in Spain. He was also fined €800,000 (£611,000) and will not receive any tax benefits for a year . Mascherano is not expected to serve any time in jail, the prison sentence is expected to be replaced by another fine or dismissed [...]
Barcelona and Real Madrid suffers setback in new TV deal
A new Spanish law governing the sale of television rights to broadcast football matches and the distribution of the income, was approved by the government on Thursday. The law will regulate the rights to transmit first and second division games as well as the Copa del Rey and Super Cup competitions, the sports minister, José Ignacio Wert said. The legislation will come into [...]
UCL: Barcelona face Bayern Munich in semi final draw
The Bayern Munich manager, Pep Guardiola, will return to face his former club Barcelona in the Champions League semi-final. Real Madrid will face Juventus in the other semi-final. Guardiola, who managed Barcelona from 2008-12, will make his return with former Barcelona midfielder Thiago Alcântara in his Bayern squad and described the chance to return “home” as [...]
Spanish Police charge 17-year-old who threatens to blow up Camp Nou
Spanish police have charged a 17-year-old male after he made social media posts threatening to carry out bomb attacks during the Copa del Rey final between Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona. AS reports the individual to be from Molina de Segura, Murcia. The aforementioned article indicates the decision to press charges was made after “several” posts from the minor, in which “he [...]