This is a big selection of the best of the Lionel Messi jailed jokes after the footballing superstar was dramatically sentenced to twenty-one months in prison for tax fraud by a court in Spain.
Jail terms were handed to the Barcelona player and his father for defrauding Spain of £3.5m between 2007 and 2009.
In the country, sentences of less than two years can be served under probation and both are unlikely to actually spend any time in prison according to reports.
But that didn’t stop the Lionel Messi jailed jokes and these are the best of them after the pair were found guilty of three counts of tax fraud on Wednesday:
Messi sentenced to 21 months in jail for tax fraud! pic.twitter.com/8ZVhXKMmSn
— Sportsbet.com.au (@sportsbetcomau) July 6, 2016
Messi needs to quickly kill his wife to get a reduced sentence
— Ed Gamble (@EdGambleComedy) July 6, 2016
Months sentenced to prison but suspended and not to be served:
Messi: 21
Ronaldo: 0#TheDifference#TeamMessi— CORBS SLAYS TROLLS (@JohnnyUtah100) July 6, 2016
Messi won't actually serve a single day of his jail sentence. Bail on d'or?
— Jonny Gould (@jonnygould) July 6, 2016
@GaryLineker Ah Messi, always missing penalties.
— Liam Camps (@the_dos) July 6, 2016
Free messi
— BIG SQUEEKO (@SqueeksTP) July 6, 2016
Lionel Messi is god's gift to us all and we should be thankful that he's playing in our generation. How dare we ask him to pay his tax.
— Liam Canning (@OffsideLiam) July 6, 2016
Lionel Messi arriving to pick up his 2016 Ballon d'Or. pic.twitter.com/c2qVSRvS4O
— Coral (@Coral) July 6, 2016
Let me tell you now, if Lionel Messi was actually going to jail…I would offer to do his sentence for him.
— Xhakaria (@HvrrisonLdn) July 6, 2016
If Messi gets 21 months in prison for fraud then surely Jack Wilshire gets at least a life sentence.
— Gaz Drinkwater (@Radio_Gaz) July 6, 2016
Do Messi's ballon d'ors no longer count? #StripTheTitles
— Rangers Culture (@RangersCulture) July 6, 2016
With messi going to jail does this mean barrie mckay is the best player in the world?
— Lee Gordon (@LeeG3223) July 6, 2016
Dont think that disguise will save you now messi… pic.twitter.com/sXbCv1Gjfo
— Team FA (@TeamFA) July 6, 2016
Messi going to prison means that Ronaldo goes from being the best in the world to being the best in the world.
— Rip VanGaald (@JoseMourinhod) July 6, 2016
Messi to liquidate himself and come back as Newco Messi.
— ️ (@CelticBible) July 6, 2016
BREAKING: Lionel Messi's official photo for 2016/17 season. pic.twitter.com/T6DiS57FrN
— BBC Sporf (@BBCSporf) July 6, 2016
Messi will go to jail and play football in jail and create rhe spanish version of the longest yard
— – (@BrowsofXavi) July 6, 2016
People are defending Messi now. But were quick in calling De gea son of Boko Haram when he did nothing wrong.
— Alex (@KroosMastreo) July 6, 2016
"We can't give him 24 months because it's #Messi."
"23?"
"Nah, that's too obvious. Make it 21."
— CLICKON Soccer (@CLICKONSoccer) July 6, 2016
Surprised Messi didn't get 23 months, 30 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds tbh
— James Yorke (@jair1970) July 6, 2016
if Messi paid his taxes he would've scored his penalty and won. Ronaldo paid his taxes.
— cartier burgundy (@cartierburgundy) July 6, 2016
Lionel #Messi has been ordered to pay a fine of two millions Euros. In other words, one month's salary.
— Marc Lewis (@MarcLewisZA) July 6, 2016
Another thing in common between Messi and Maradona
— Tancredi Palmeri (@tancredipalmeri) July 6, 2016
So Messi won't serve any jail time!
Gutted! I was hoping for another Mean machine pic.twitter.com/90kpkUldxB
— Football Accumulator (@footballacca) July 6, 2016
I can't believe they're sending Messi to jail for missing a penalty, the argentine fa is corrupt as hell
— eldeniro (@eldeniro90) July 6, 2016
Lionel Messi hit with 21-month jail sentence, but it is understood that he will pass the penalty on to Luis Suarez
— Oldfirmfacts (@Oldfirmfacts1) July 6, 2016
Messi will evade prison as easily as he evades defenders (and tax).#Magician
— Moh Haider (@ArsenalMoh8) July 6, 2016
Messi is the new black.
— Jorge (@quillobarrios) July 6, 2016
Messi will still win ballon d'or from prison
— Ebuka Akara (@ebuka_akara) July 6, 2016
Imagine thinking Messi can go to jail. He is bigger than justice.
— #J (@ElAficionadofcb) July 6, 2016
Please save messi 👏🏾 I beg u pic.twitter.com/kfeAFoTzaQ
— Romell Henry (@RomellHenryTgf) July 6, 2016
ANNOUNCE MESSI @PrisonFC_EN
— Granit Xhaka (@XhakaLegacy) July 6, 2016
My mate did over 8 hours in a cell for riding his quad bike naked around Magaluf.. Messi does less for millions in fraud #ItsWhoYouKnow
— Daniel (@DannyHeff1987) July 6, 2016
@br_uk good thing he doesn't have to serve it behind bars… If he had to, things could get…Messi.
— OSUfreak82 (@OSUfreak82) July 6, 2016
Messi's been given a 21 month suspended sentence. Ronaldo would have only gotten 20.
— H (@harrygavaghan) July 6, 2016
Real Madrid fans finding out Lionel Messi will avoid prison… pic.twitter.com/CVXO8tR3Rr
— Copa90 (@Copa90) July 6, 2016
When you see 18 year olds on Twitter laughing at Messi for evading taxes at the age of 17 when they don't even know what a tax is
— MJ (@BlaugranaFan27) July 6, 2016
Barcelona stars Lionel Messi and Neymar both in trouble for tax evading. Must be all that tiki-taxa they teach them in that academy.
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) July 6, 2016
Messi to retire from tax evasion after missing this penalty….
— SemperFiUnited (@SemperFiUnited) July 6, 2016
Lionel Messi is sentenced, but he won't be jailed. Because, they won't be able to keep him in jail – he's too good at getting over walls
— The Bad Doctor (@DOCTORATLARGE) July 6, 2016
Inmates: pick the soap.
Messi: *sobs..please have Messi on my butthole pic.twitter.com/Q1rujhGDc1— Ibe (@I_pissVodka) July 6, 2016
Lionel Messi COULD be on the Move Shortly
His New Team Mates are Ready & Waiting pic.twitter.com/L1gevlHWwR
— MBBETTING (@MBBETTING) July 6, 2016
Lionel Messi handed jail term in Spain for tax fraud.
They first just gave him a penalty, but he missed that.— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) July 6, 2016
#FIFA17 Cover Released.#Messi pic.twitter.com/ty83hbrNXj
— FIFACareerGems (@FIFACareerGems) July 6, 2016
Messi getting a criminal record because theres no football records left to get
— Missi (@MessiLob) July 6, 2016
Messi dodging prison like… https://t.co/yxrNN6HiTA
— The Soccer Life (@TheSCRLife) July 6, 2016
Lionel Messi just dribbled past the prison.
He won't go to jail.— Alekhya Das ☯ (@iAlekhyaDas) July 6, 2016
after getting 21 months in prison Lionel messi remains professional and practices his diving headers pic.twitter.com/6ErTgOrlK8
— WOT A MORON (@Wotamoron) July 6, 2016
anyone who thinks Messi is going to jail is mad, they'll probably just sentence him to six months on loan at Stoke or something
— eldeniro (@eldeniro90) July 6, 2016
Lionel Messi counting the number of years he dodged from prison pic.twitter.com/RSaWh8hGKV
— Football Feast (@FootieFeasts) July 6, 2016
Imagine thinking Messi comes home from Camp Nou on a Sunday night after a Getafe match to press buttons on a calculator doing tax deductions
— XH6 (@XaviAssist) July 6, 2016
Lionel Messi's prison sentence is just another penalty he won't complete. #NotFair #TooSoon
— Paul Carr (@PCarrESPN) July 6, 2016
Messi never paid his taxis 😞
— Ahmad (@ChieflySarcastc) July 6, 2016
Messi is gonna come out of jail looking like Tevez
— P Money (@KingPMoney) July 6, 2016
Messi to the Spanish Police be like…https://t.co/hUtnvophl4
— 90min (@90min_Football) July 6, 2016
Too bad Football Twitter won't have a vine of Messi requesting Neymar to take THIS penalty.
— khattak (@shehrozekhattak) July 6, 2016
Messi found it hard to score against Cech becuse Cech looks like a tax man. pic.twitter.com/I9cBE7lZ48
— Common Tater (@RancidPotato) July 6, 2016
Advice for Messi, punch the biggest one first. And then the next biggest one. And then work through the prison consecutively on height basis
— Glenn Kitson (@Glenn_Kitson) July 6, 2016
So, out of all the news today. It's Lionel Messi that is in more legal trouble than Blair
— Christian O'Connell (@OC) July 6, 2016
Just ordered the new Lionel Messi Barcelona shirt, can't wait to try it on. pic.twitter.com/Ny2kAFXB7e
— Ed Snowdon (@LondonSnowman) July 6, 2016
This is the closest Messi got to confinement since he was marked by Koscielny.
— The Ice Man (@BrutalArsenal) July 6, 2016
Lionel Messi's t-shirt says it all…. He ain't going to prison pic.twitter.com/qPHVTs8egZ
— Free Bets (@freebetscouk) July 6, 2016
Guys did you hear the joke where is this another penalty Messi is going to miss? Just thought about it, so funny
— Ahmad (@ChieflySarcastc) July 6, 2016
I almost signed Lionel Messi before he was sentenced to jail… pic.twitter.com/ZO5hnvVooX
— Paul Omondi (@OmondilisedPaul) July 6, 2016
Hope when messi comes out of jail he drops a mixtape 😤
— NewGrimeOrder™☔ (@UncleBantzz) July 6, 2016
Never leave home without it… #Messi pic.twitter.com/tFZT0fcOQH
— Steve Welsh (@miniboro_dotcom) July 6, 2016
#ThatMomentWhen The tax man comes knocking on Lionel Messi's door. pic.twitter.com/kuPuj41dzp
— BBC Sporf (@BBCSporf) July 6, 2016
Brow furrowed, neck muscles taught, furious that at the injustice that Messi has got this sentence when he, Ronaldo, is the best tax evader.
— Flan (@Flannyballs) July 6, 2016
Lionel Messi to star in remake of The Shawshank Redemption! pic.twitter.com/UTGXJZkhEw
— Lovefootball (@Lovefootball) July 6, 2016
Is Messi actually guilty or tax evasion, or could tax just not get close to tackle him?
— Tony Jameson (@tonyjameson) July 6, 2016
Can I get the £29.99 back I spent on a Messi shirt for my eight-year-old?
— Toby Young (@toadmeister) July 6, 2016
I hope Ronaldo scores tonight and does a handcuff celebration #Messi 👮🏻🚓🚨💰🇪🇸
— Matt Hibbert (@MattHibbert) July 6, 2016