Spanish footballers Ferran Torres and Marcos Llorente became the subject of false online claims after photographs from their post-World Cup holiday in Ibiza were widely shared online, leading to unsupported speculation about their relationship.
The Barcelona forward and Atletico Madrid midfielder travelled to the Balearic island after helping Spain win the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with Torres scoring the extra-time winner against Argentina in New York. Agency photographs and short video clips showed the pair swimming together, hugging and exchanging a kiss on the cheek before being widely reshared by sports accounts and news pages in Spanish, French and English. Several posts also drew comparisons with the widely discussed 2010 photographs of former Barcelona teammates Gerard Piqué and Zlatan Ibrahimović before unsupported rumours about Torres and Llorente began circulating.
