'We fear UK may deny Lionel Messi & Neymar entry visas due to ongoing legal battles'

European football's representing body, UEFA has said that the body fears Barcelona stars Lionel Messi and Neymar Jnr might be denied entry visas into the U.K for the UEFA Champions League final in Cardiff this May in the event that they overturn a 4-goal deficit to Paris Saint Germain (PSG) at Camp Nou to qualify, because of lingering legal battles with the Spanish government.

Lionel Messi and Neymar Jnr have been involved in tax evasion charges for over a year which has prompted to the resignation of previous FC Barcelona president Sandro Rosell, with tax prosecutors affirming Messi evaded tax with offshore accounts while Barca hid the real value of Neymar's transfer from Brazilian side Santos in 2013 in order to diminish money paid to previous club, Santos and tax paid to the Spanish government. 

New laws in Britain could prevent individuals who have progressing fights in court from entering the U.K and with Brexit set to be formalized, the entrance of non-British citizens into the U.K could get to be distinctly harder..

"Neymar and Lionel Messi both have [tax evasion] procedures going on," UEFA President, Aleksander Ceferin told the New York Times. 

"This year, the Champions League final is in Cardiff. "Imagine if they did not let them in."That is a big thing for us, if players from England can travel anywhere, but players from other teams cannot travel to [the UK]."With free movement in Europe, it is much better."If we see that players cannot enter because they have any sort of procedure ongoing then we will simply think if we should play our European matches there."

He also talked about PSG/Ivory coast player, Serge Aurier's incident during the group stages, when he was denied entry for a match against Arsenal.

"I was very disappointed when Aurier, from PSG, was not allowed to enter England, That will worsen when Brexit happens, especially if the reasons were as formal. "We could have a serious problem."