Madrid, Spain – The Clásico beef just spilled off the pitch and straight into the DMs. On Sunday night, Real Madrid’s iron-man right-back Dani Carvajal, 33, allegedly slid into Barcelona prodigy Lamine Yamal’s Instagram comments with a four-word grenade: “Your girl is hot .” The post? A throwback of Yamal and now-ex Nicki Nicole cuddling in Croatia. The timing? Forty-eight hours after Nicole dumped the 18-year-old winger and 24 hours after paparazzi caught her leaving Carvajal’s Madrid clinic at 2 a.m.
By Monday sunrise, the comment—screenshot before Carvajal could delete—had 31 million views and #CarvajalTaunt trending in 52 countries. Spanish tabloid El Diario splashed it across the front page: “He knows exactly what he’s implying.”
Insiders say Carvajal, still sidelined with a hamstring tear, has been hosting Nicole “multiple nights a week” under the guise of “rehab chats.” A clinic orderly told Mundo Deportivo: “She signs in as ‘family.’ Leaves in his hoodie. Security looks the other way.” Yamal, fresh off a 4-0 Clásico humiliation, saw red. Sources claim he fired back in a since-deleted Story: “Focus on walking, old man.”
X erupted into civil war. Madridistas flooded timelines with laughing-crying emojis and “Welcome to the Bernabéu, Nicki” banners. Barça ultras retaliated with Photoshopped images of Carvajal in a walker chasing Nicole’s silhouette. One viral clip remixes the comment over Carvajal’s own-goal reel, racking 12 million loops.
Nicki Nicole, 25, stayed coy—posting a mirror selfie in a Real Madrid hoodie with the caption “New season, new vibes.” Carvajal’s wife, Daphne, unfollowed him within minutes. His agent called it “banter gone wrong.” Yamal’s camp? Radio silence, but teammates say the teen skipped optional recovery to hit the gym at 6 a.m., blasting Nicki’s breakup track Mala Vida on loop.
Club captains are scrambling. Sergio Ramos texted Carvajal: “Delete and apologize.” Pedri slid into Yamal’s DMs: “Head up, king.” Bookies now list 2/1 odds on a tunnel scuffle in April’s return fixture.
From locker-room leaks to late-night visits, the Madrid-Barça rivalry just got personal. One line from El Diario sums it up: “Boots off, gloves off.” The beautiful game? It’s never been uglier.
