The Argentine soccer player’s move to Paris has enraptured football fans the world over following his unexpected departure from FC Barcelona.
The arrival of superstar Argentinian soccer player Lionel Messi at Paris Saint Germain has drawn major attention to the French club. The Claim Some social media accounts have pushed a claim that the size of PSG’s Instagram following doubled in the wake of signing Messi following his departure from FC Barcelona. An image of PSG’s follower count standing at 19.8 million prior to Messi’s signing and at more than 42 million is doing the rounds on Twitter. One of these sets of purported screenshots was shared by an account named @footballfunnys, which states it is a parody in its bio. The tweet said: PSG followers before and after signing Messi.20.2m followers in 24 hours. Leo Messi is bigger than the club.“ The tweet has more than 1,600 retweets and more than 4,900 likes at the time of writing.
