“Now they don’t even hide it.” That was the reaction from the majority of Barcelona fans on social media when a certain photograph from Real Madrid’s game against Real Sociedad began to do the rounds on Sunday.

It corresponded to an image from the presidential box at the Santiago Bernabeu, where a blonde woman was spotted immediately behind Madrid president Florentino Perez.

It didn’t take long for people to recognise said woman. It was Marta Silva, the former Real Madrid director and the state prosecutor who has been especially tough on Lionel Messi and Neymar in their conflicts with the tax office.

In the case of Messi, for example, she was the person that pushed for a prison sentence despite the fact the prosecution did not see any reason for one.

And we cannot forget that while the two Barça players’ cases have been processed very quickly, you can’t say the same for Cristiano Ronaldo’s case. Despite having committed the same offence but for a higher amount, there is still no news from the tax office.