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• Why Is Spain Really Taking Lionel Messi to Tax Court?  - Bloomberg

  "Here’s another explanation: Maybe this whole case has less to do with money than it does with history. Maybe it’s no coincidence that the target of the Spanish government’s weird wrath happens to play for FC Barcelona, which is, after all, "mes que un club." It's a symbol of Catalan nationalism -- and a bitter, longtime rival of Spain’s establishment team, Real Madrid. Too conspiratorial? Prove it, Spain. Release Cristiano Ronaldo’s tax return."

  tags: spain catalunya nationalism sports tax europe

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