Liverpool fans might want to re-compose themselves because the leaked image of Nabil Fekir’s Liverpool interview is not legitimate.
There are two prongs to the Liverpool fan theory that has been doing the rounds on Thursday but, unfortunately, neither point to an inevitable arrival of Fekir.
Firstly, one supporter discovered a mysterious private video in the ‘Summer Signings’ playlist on the club’s official YouTube channel and presumed that the Reds were saving a previously conducted interview with Fekir for a January announcement.
Twitter was quickly awash with fans double-checking and confirming the existence of the video which, while curious, tells us nothing.
Another fan who is proficient in Photoshop sent the rumour mill even further into overdrive by tweeting out an apparent screenshot from Fekir’s first interview in a Liverpool shirt (see featured image).
But all is not as it seems.
It’s no secret that Liverpool were close to signing Fekir from Lyon in the summer but pulled the plug on the deal after the player’s medical.
However all dealings with Fekir took place in France while the Photoshopped image places him in Melwood.
🚨YES GUYS HERE IT IS, A LIL CLIP🚨
Hope u enjoy #Fekir #Intwerview pic.twitter.com/SB9aTSZ1qh— AJV (@AyJayVids) October 18, 2018
The detective work done by cynics suspicious of the leaked picture was made redundant by the confession by the individual who actually doctored the photograph (see above).
It remains entirely possible that Liverpool return in January with a bid for the France international but there is no truth to the latest rumours.
Speaking in August about why the move never materialised, Fekir pointed the finger of blame in Liverpool’s direction.
“I heard a lot of things,” Fekir said, via the Liverpool Echo. “The real reason? Only Liverpool know.
“These things happen, it’s just how it is. We have to move on, it’s well in the past now.
“I have totally come to terms with the failed transfer to Liverpool.”
