Lollapalooza Music Festival Shared as Fans Welcoming Messi

Misbar's Editorial Team

Sports

11th August 2021

Lollapalooza Music Festival Shared as Fans Welcoming Messi

The viral image was taken at the Lollapalooza Music Festival (Getty).

The Claim

A large crowd of Paris Saint-Germain fans welcomes Lionel Messi to the football club.

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An image circulating online depicts a large crowd of fans claiming that Paris Saint-Germain football club fans welcome the Argentinian football player Lionel Messi to his new team after leaving Barcelona.

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كورونا تصيح في زاوية😂😂 pic.twitter.com/KBF5s7qh2j
— ‏ ∞ ᴀʙᴅᴜʟʟᴀʜ • ‏ (@boodyboody23) August 10, 2021

Misbar’s Analysis

The image was taken at the Lollapalooza Music Festival held in Chicago recently. The image belongs to Colin Henkel, the owner of Soaring Badger, a company that produces drones and helicopters in Chicago. According to his Twitter account, the image was posted on the official Soaring Badger’s Instagram accountAugust's.

The claim comes after Lionel Messi left the Barcelona football club following financial restraint and joined Paris Saint-Germain in France. The team had posted a video of the moment Lionel Messi met with the Paris Saint-Germain fans on their official Twitter account.

Misbar previously published an article linked to the same image, which claimed it was taken at a beach in China.