The Argentine striker Lionel
Messi, Barcelona, described Jose Mourinho, former coach of Real Madrid, that he
is a great coach.
This came in a statement made
yesterday by Messi during his visit to Senegal as part of a campaign launched
by the Academy of "Aspire" country to fight malaria in Africa,
reported by the newspaper (MSI) Spanish on its website on Friday.
Messi pointed out that Mourinho
"a great coach" and that he is convinced that things will go well
with him about Chelsea, who recently took over his training, and this England
team will be a strong contender for Barca in the Champions League.
Standing on the competition
between Barca and Real Madrid, Messi said Royal has always been a tough
competitor for his team and will remain so also in the next season, "it
has gone a good coach for the Royal and came another good coach,"
referring to Carlo Ancelotti, who coached Real Madrid.
And about his former Barcelona
coach Pep Guardiola, who now works as coach of Bayern Munich, Messi believes
that the Bavarian club grows stronger with Guardiola and will become a strong
opponent of Barcelona in the European Champions League.
On the other hand, said the
Argentine star nicknamed "The Flea", he feels very happy for his
participation in the anti-malaria campaign.
Messi will continue in the coming
days charitable activities where he will participate in several charity games
revenue will be allocated to help poor children.
As for the issue of Messi and his
tax evasion, the behalf of Barcelona denied on Thursday there was agreement with
the Argentine striker Lionel Messi and his father, in order not to habeas
corpus in the case of tax evasion, and after paying 10 million euros to the
IRS.
Sources from the prosecution for
"EFE" he does not know that the officials had to pay tax Messi came
in the context of a prior agreement not to habeas corpus.
One of the courts of the city of
Barcelona has summoned last Thursday Messi and his father, Jorge Horacio Messi,
for questioning on the background of the case made by the Public Prosecutor for
economic crimes in the Spanish city against them on charges of committing three
crimes against public funds during the years 2007, 2008 and 2009, where they
hid for more than four million euros in tax evasions.
The prosecution said that Messi
refuge "in order to evade taxes" for the conclusion of contracts for
advertising rights with front companies based in countries known as havens for
tax evasion, such as Belize, Uruguay, Britain and Switzerland, headquarters.
The law provides for prison
sentences of two to six years and a fine of two to six times, when it increases
the tax money smuggled from 600 thousand euros, a situation that could apply to
the Argentine star.
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