Messi's agents deny any links to cash laundering

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi's agents denied on Monday a Spanish newspaper allegation his father was suspected of being involved in laundering Colombian drug money through charity soccer matches.

Leo Messi Management, whose president is the 26-year-old Argentine international's father, Jorge Messi, urged Spanish daily El Mundo to correct the story.

"Jorge Messi has never been connected to the case," LMM said in a statement.