Javier Mascherano(31) has been sentenced to a year in prison and fined €815,000 (£625,000) for two tax offences.
Mascherano was given four-month and eight-month sentences for the two offences which took place in 2011 and 2012.
The
Argentine star had already repaid the full €1.6million (£1.15million)
debt owed to the tax authorities before he was given his punishment.
However, the FC BArcelona
star is not likely to be spending a year behind bars, after his lawyer
David Aineto requested the prison sentence to be substituted for the
fine, which he is yet to pay.
Mascherano's lawyer is also attempting to have the offences removed from his criminal record by paying an additional fine.
In
Spain people handed sentences of less than two years are not normally
required to serve their sentence, unless they are being punished for
violent crime, if they agree to a fine.
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