Alexandre Lacazette’s player profile was found on the official FC Barcelona website, launching a lot of speculation and stories you can find online. Was it proof that the Arsenal forward’s move to Catalonia was already in the works? Was the site hacked?
The link went dead later on, only fueling more rumors. Did someone realize they published too early and take it offline after it leaked? Was this proof he was already on the way?
The answer is... no.
It turns out that Barcelona’s website keeps a player profile of every player the team has played against in the past years.