Barcelona confident Messi will stay, urge fans to support him

(Reuters) - Lionel Messi is not interested in leaving Barcelona in the wake of his sentencing for tax fraud, according to club spokesman Josep Vives. A Barcelona court last week handed Messi and his father 21-month prison sentences and fined the former 2.0 million euros (1.70 million pounds) and the latter 1.5 million euros (1.28 million pounds) for tax fraud. Media reports in England recently claimed Messi's father and agent Jorge had met with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich aboard his yacht, ra