Javier Mascherano has been handed a 12-month prison sentence for tax avoidance offences.
The Barcelona defender will not serve any time incarcerated due to Spanish law, Spanish media outlet Sport report.
People handed sentences of two years or less are not required to serve any time behind bars in Spain unless the sentence has come about as a result of a violent crime.
Mascherano was handed separate four-month and eight-month sentences for offences which took place in 2011 and 2012.
He had already repaid the full €1.6million (£1.15million) debt owed to the tax authorities before he was given his sentence.
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