Messi offers to pay â¹3.5 crore to avoid prison sentence
Barcelona's Argentine forward Lionel Messi has offered to pay over â¹3.5 crore ($558,000) in order to avoid his 21-month prison sentence for tax fraud. Messi's father, Jorge Horacio Messi, is also offering to pay over â¹2.5 crore ($402,000) to avoid his 15-month sentence for helping his son cheat on his taxes.