Madrid, Spain – From Camp Nou heartbreak to Bernabéu bedroom eyes? Argentine siren Nicki Nicole, 25, is rewriting her romance script faster than a telenovela cliffhanger. Weeks after dumping Barcelona teen prodigy Lamine Yamal, 18, and flirting disastrously with Real Madrid’s grizzled defender Dani Carvajal, the reggaeton queen is now laser-focused on Franco Mastantuono, Real’s fresh-faced 17-year-old signing from River Plate. “Her game never ends,” quipped Marca in a front-page splash, as blurry paparazzi pics of late-night Madrid meetups hit the feeds like a viral grenade.
The timeline? Surgical. Nicole and Yamal’s summer fling – beach PDA in Croatia, her screaming from Barca’s stands during Champions League qualifiers – imploded October 31 with his “no cheating” breakup bombshell. Enter Carvajal drama: Instagram follows, clinic “visits” that screamed side-piece. But that fizzled when his wife clocked the vibes. Now, Mastantuono – the €45 million Argentine wunderkind who inked a six-year Blancos deal in August, mere days after his 18th birthday – is the prize. Sources swear Nicole, fresh off a Buenos Aires flight, linked up with him post-River farewell at the Club World Cup. “Cozy dinners at hidden tapas spots, her hand on his knee under the table,” a tipster spilled to Hola!. “Franco’s starstruck; Nicki’s calling the shots.”
By noon Saturday, #NickiXMastantuono detonated X with 2.7 million posts. Blurry iPhone snaps – her in oversized shades, him in a fresh Madrid kit, arm-in-arm outside a Chueca lounge – racked 15 million views. Barca ultras howled betrayal: “Yamal’s heart, Madrid’s whore!” One meme? Nicole as a shark circling a Barca badge-stamped fish. Madridistas? Ecstatic. “From Vini to Franco – she’s collecting our jewels!” gushed one fan account, remixing her hit “Mala Vida” with El Clásico beats.
Yamal’s camp ghosted queries; he’s “devastated but grinding,” per a teammate. Nicole’s Stories? Cryptic fire emojis over Madrid sunsets. Mastantuono, debuting off the bench in a 3-1 La Liga romp over Valencia Friday, dodged post-match mics with a shy grin. His agent? “Friends. Focus on football.” But whispers say Xabi Alonso – the new gaffer who personally lured Franco – is fuming: “Kid’s got talent, not tabloid drama.”
This ain’t just gossip; it’s El Clásico reloaded, off-pitch edition. With Nicole’s album Fuego Eterno dropping December – tracks teased as “heartbreak anthems” – and Mastantuono eyed for a Clasico start, the powder keg’s lit. Will she ghost him like Yamal, or is this the endgame? One thing’s sure: Nicki Nicole’s playing 4D chess, and soccer’s love triangle just went nuclear.
