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FC Barcelona News: 22 January 2016; Javier Mascherano Found Guilty of Tax Fraud, Barca Loanee Joins Fiorentina

Javier Mascherano expected to avoid prison sentence for tax fraud | Sky Sports
The Argentina international - who has also played for West Ham and Liverpool - admitted the offences, which date back to 2011 and 2012, and accepted a one-year custodial sentence as part of a plea bargain. But he is not expected to be imprisoned after his legal representatives requested the sentence be suspended and replaced with a fine.

Porto allow Tello to join Fiorentina | Football Espana
Porto have allowed Barcelona loanee Cristian Tello to cut his two-year arrangement short and join Fiorentina.