Barca players who have had problems with Hacienda

Last update 5 April, 2024 por Alberto Llopis

In the last times, FC Barcelona has accompanied him fortune in sports thanks to the numerous trophies and achieving successes on grass. No obstante, the entity Barca has also been in the foreground and with all the lights placed on their image because of problems, While the club itself or its players, They have had with Finance. And the economic issue within the law is not best handled in "Can Barça".

A continuación, we show some of the figures in relation to the Catalan club have been accused of tax fraud in recent years:

Xavi Hernández

Before leaving the Catalans towards Qatar, he claimed a default 4 million euros for its revenue image. It is not yet closed the case.

David Villa

Asturian striker also had to deal with Hacienda, and he paid a total of 2.43 million euros due to irregularities in their tax returns for the years 2009 y 2010, in the latter period he was already FC Barcelona player.

Andrés Iniesta

The manchego was forced to make a capital increase 3.5 million euros to avoid a penalty by the Tax Agency for the management of their image rights.

Gerard Piqué

The good Piqué started the year with news that the Treasury demanded the near post to 2.45 million euros for irregularities in their income tax returns. Catalan center has taken the case to court, and they remain pending resolution.

Leo Messi

Sin duda, For the Argentina star is the most notorious. En 2014, Messi already had to deal with a payment 53 million euros for having allegedly benefited from a corporate network to circumvent a percentage of their taxes. But it didn't end there., and this summer we had to see, with his father, in the dock. He is still accused of defrauding 4.1 millions of euros.

These are just a few, more current players like Mascherano and Neymar have also had and still have problems, or self Eto'o, no longer militates in the rows culés but claiming prison sentence for tax fraud in his time as culé.