Reuters tortured the football world by releasing an erroneous report Barcelona legend Lionel Messi had made a massive u-turn and instead decided to stay at Camp Nou just weeks after saying he would seek a move to another club.
With the world on tenterhooks, the outlet published the announcement: “LIONEL MESSI SAYS HE WILL STAY AT BARCELONA”, news that would have and sent shockwaves around the football world, only to retract their announcement moments later.
“The alert saying Lionel Messi will stay at Barcelona was issued in error and is wrong,” Reuters clarified shortly after. (RT)