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Messi confident advisers will resolve tax woes

Lionel Messi is optimistic his advisers will be able to sort out his tax problems after he and his father were accused of defrauding the Spanish authorities last month. The Argentine World Player of the Year and his father, Jorge, who have denied any wrongdoing, allegedly hid more than 4 million euros ($5.3 million) by filing false tax returns for the years 2006-09. "I am very calm," Rosario-born Messi said on Wednesday, his first since returning from holiday. "I never take care of that stuff myself and neither does my father," the 26-year-old said.