A Brazilian court recently froze Barcelona star Neymar's assets, which are valued at 188.8 million Brazilian reals or around $48 million. His father Neymar Sr.'s assets and his companies, including Neymar Sport e Marketing, N & N Consultoria Esportiva e Empresarial and N & N Administração de Bens Participações e Investimentos, were also frozen, as reported by ESPN FC.

According to the report, Sao Paulo federal court said that the 23-year-old has allegedly evaded 63 million reals in taxes or about $16 million between 2011 and 2013 when Neymar was still playing for Santos FC. Judge Carlos Muta said in a statement that the Brazilian captain declared assets that were only worth 19.6 million reals which was a little less than $5 million.

The player's agent Wagner Ribeiro on Instagram his advice on his client's financial problems, recommending that he put all of his money in tax havens and move to Real Madrid before the end of his career.

"Take your money, send everything to tax havens, legally, of course. This way you will stop paying taxes in Brazil! Close your businesses, the Institute of Praia Grande, and go enjoy your life on Mediterranean beaches. You and your family. But leave Neymar to play a few more years and end his career in Europe, preferably at Real Madrid," Ribeiro said in the post as translated by Bleacher Report.

Ribeiro's advice for his client to end his career at Real Madrid will certainly upset all Barcelona fans as they are bitter rivals. It will also suggest that the forward may be indeed leaving Camp Nou in the future.

In an interview with ESPN Brazil, Neymar admitted that he had some conversations with Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward when he tried to sign then-Barca winger Pedro. As quoted by BBC, he said, "We had conversations, but there was nothing concrete. I heard that there were offers but none were made to me."

"I want to keep giving my all and evolve season to season. I hope I will be on the Ballon d'Or podium this year," he added.

Neymar certainly knows that he won't be the best player in the planet while he plays with Lionel Messi and should welcome a move away from Spain. On the other hand, Barcelona sees the Brazilian as the apparent heir to Messi's throne in the Catalan club.

As for his legal and tax problems, Brazilian federal tax agency auditor Iagaro Jung Martins thinks that Neymar won't go to prison if he pays his tax debts. "The legislation in Brazil isn't too harsh. If Neymar pays what he owes, he is very likely to be free from any other punishment," Martins said via ESPN FC.