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Alejandro Garnacho's brother has hit back at Rio Ferdinand after the former Manchester United defender claimed Lionel Messi unfollowed the winger.

Alejandro Garnacho hit the headlines all over the world after his wonder-goal against Everton on Sunday. But a curious claim from Ferdinand in the aftermath of the game saw Garnacho's brother, Roberto, rally to defend him.

The former-England star asserted that Messi had unfollowed Garnacho on Instagram due to his admiration of Cristiano Ronaldo. But the player's brother was adamant that Messi had never been a follower in the first place.

"Fake, Messi never followed him," posted Roberto Garnacho on X (formerly Twitter), quoting a video of Ferdinand. "Stop making stuff up just to create hate, garna [Alejandro Garnacho] loves and admires both of them and you all Trying to creating a rivalry."

Ferdinand replied to the post a few hours later claiming: "Was sarcasm, bro."