The Barcelona and Argentina footballer , Lionel Messi, who is on trial for alleged tax fraud in Spain, told a court he had no involvement in the management of his financial affairs.
"I was playing football, I knew nothing," he said.
Messi and his father Jorge, who manages his finances, are accused of defrauding Spain of €4.1m (£3.2m; $4.6m).
The authorities allege that the two used tax havens in Belize and Uruguay to conceal earnings from image rights.
Wearing a dark suit and tie, Messi sat alongside his father in front of the judge and listened to other testimony for nearly four hours before being called to testify in the third day of the trial.
Messi, 28, said he signed documents without reading them because he trusted his father and the advisers responsible for managing his finances.
"I only worried about playing football," he told the judge.
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