With the January transfer window open, even the slightest bit of nonsense can set off a fire storm on the Internet. Today, Barcelona star Lionel Messi started following Chelsea, Felipe Luis and Thibaut Courtois on Instagram.
People are freaking out about Lionel Messi following Chelsea on Instagram
The Internet is fun.
Messi empieza a seguir la cuenta del Chelsea en Instagram ▶ http://t.co/IYGaW8px15 pic.twitter.com/lwNpibQN16
— AS (@diarioas) January 5, 2015 HE DOESN’T FOLLOW BARCELONA’S INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT!
Cue the hilarity.
If messi comes to Chelsea I will weep uncontrollably for several weeks.
— Jack (@RamboMorgan) January 5, 2015 Is Messi going to Chelsea?? That would be ab-solutely MASSIVE
— 43 (@sourmansour) January 5, 2015 He can go anywhere, any fucking where, Real fucking Madrid if he wants. But not Chelsea. No, no, no, no.
— Hady Ezzeddine (@Hady19) January 5, 2015 "I really feel I can learn a lot from Andre Schurrle" Lionel Messi 4th January 2015
— Jamie Collett (@jamieberry11) January 5, 2015 Rumours about Chelsea enquiring about messi 250m wow
— Charlie Austin (@chazaustin9) January 5, 2015 OH COME ON CHARLIE, DON'T GET SUCKED IN TO THIS.
I swear if fucking messi goes to chelsea that'll be the worst fucking decision for him
— ynoT (@Juantonioooo) January 5, 2015 Chelsea isn’t going to sign Lionel Messi. Well, they could at some point, but the fact he started following them on a social media app is hardly proof of anything.
After all, he also follows Manchester City on Instagram ... SO HE MUST BE GOING THERE!!!
He also follow Roger Federer on Instagram ... HE’S QUITTING FOOTBALL TO PLAY TENNIS!!!












