Influential Barcelona midfielder Javier Mascherano has become the latest in a line of current Blaugrana stars to be targeted in a case of tax evasion. After Lionel Messi and Neymar, Mascherano is the third South American player plying his trade with the Catalan giants to be charged with tax fraud.
According to reports in the Guardian, Mascherano has been charged with two counts of defrauding the Spanish tax authorities; the first of €587,822 (£434,629) in 2011 and the next in 2012 of €968,907 (£716,399), both done while being a Barcelona player.