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Real Madrid tweet they have signed Messi and sold Benzema

Messi Benzema Real Barca

Real Madrid’s official Twitter account seems to have been been hacked, after a post welcoming Lionel Messi to the club appeared on their feed.

Just days after Barcelona’s account was taken over by hackers OurMine, which announced Paris Saint Germain’s Angel Di Maria had joined the club as a hoax, the group was at it again, this time on the Champions League winners’ account.

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