West Brom ‘taxi’ quartet unlikely to face court case in Barcelona

• Case against Evans, Barry, Livermore and Myhill put on ice
• Taxi driver decides not to press charges against West Brom players

Jonny Evans, Gareth Barry, Jake Livermore and Boaz Myhill are highly unlikely to face punishment in Spain after a Barcelona court decided not to pursue a case against the four West Bromwich Albion players after they allegedly stole a taxi in the city last week.

The decision will come as some relief to Alan Pardew as he fights to remain in charge at the Hawthorns. An investigating magistrate decided to archive the case because of a lack of evidence owing to the taxi driver’s decision not to press charges.

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