in the wake of his conviction for tax fraud, they must have expected fans across the globe would get behind the best player on the planet.
The five-time Ballon d'Or winner was sentenced to 21 months in jail, alongside his father, while the forward has been fined €2 million, after they were found guilty of defrauding Spain's tax authority of €4.1m between 2007 and 2009.
Barca launched the #WeAreAllLeoMessi campaign on Twitter to generate support from the club's fans across the world , but the initiative to get people to give their backing to a multi-millionaire convicted of dodging taxes has backfired - who would have guessed?
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