On December 28, the Day of the Holy Innocents, she gave a lot to talk about and made quite an impact. The fake news that was chosen was as follows: “Barcelona goes to Mbappe!”. The main argument referred to in its subtitle was: “FC Barcelona wants to sign the Frenchman who wants to leave Paris Saint-Germain because he cannot afford the imminent renewal of Messi after the defeat in the World Cup
The fact is that there were many “innocents” who believed, in good faith, that the news was real and not innocent, as is customary every December 28th. However, there were actually several humorous references within the text to make it clear that the information had a joke in it. In the first place, it was signed not by our Paris correspondent, Danny Gill, but by Dr
The main controversy of Mbappe’s departure from Paris Saint-Germain, Nasser Al-Khelaifi’s great interest in Messi’s renewal after the Argentine’s victory over the Frenchman in the World Cup final, may raise one suspicion. But there were also statements with a distinctly humorous tone, such as that Barcelona had blocked potential interest from Real Madrid by giving a subsidiary of Florentino Pérez the business of ESPY Barcelona. Or that the presidents of Barcelona and Madrid have met to eat and talk on the subject at the Mallorcan restaurant “Es Fume,” which translates to El Homo, is another clue. Or that after the summit with Florentino, Laporta would murmur, beaming, the refrain of an old song—”Perez, who was in Mallorca, told me”—while teaching him some dance steps
Mbappe scored three goals against Argentina, two of them from penalties, and the other after a great finish, after a pass from Thuram, which forced Argentina into extra time. Although he performed well in the World Cup Final in Qatar, he had to earn second place
It also caused a squeal that Mbappe prioritized playing for Barcelona in exile from the Montjuïc Olympic Stadium in order to prepare in detail for his participation in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The icing on the cake was a piece of political information: that former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, a competent man And he was based, until recently, in Barcelona. He had mediated with Emmanuel Macron to verify Mbappe’s departure to Barcelona and not to blow it up, he said. He did with Real Madrid last summer
A good example of the effect this joke has is that the German newspaper Bild picked it up in its digital version, although it wisely placed the information with a question mark. So has the large number of reader comments on the news on Mondo since it was posted at 7:00 am. One said “the only thing that was missing was to put it at the end of this review…they fell in love with the innocent”. Another commented by saying that “Mbappe’s innocence was the one she spent last summer with Madrid,” while a generous reader indicated that “the truth is that the joke is settled, and beware that no one believes it
Another reader even contacted the Mundo newsroom, but in his case he indicated that he liked the joke that Busquets reconsidered his idea of leaving in June after his contract was terminated and that he is considering renewing for a year or two… to get out of his way and tell him that Busquets is against himself Not a fool
