Barcelona's Lionel Messi looks at Athletic Bilbao's players celebrating after their Spanish Super Cup second leg soccer match at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain August 17, 2015. REUTERS/Albert Gea
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona have given their full backing to Lionel Messi in the Argentina forward's tax fraud case and vowed to fight "external decisions" they say are unfairly targeting the club.
A Spanish court on Thursday ordered Messi and his father Jorge, who are accused of defrauding the Spanish state of 4.2 million euros ($4.76 million) from 2007 to 2009, to stand trial and the state attorney said Barca's star player should serve a jail sentence of up to 22 months if found guilty.
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