Sergi Guardiola's Barcelona Contract Rescinded After Offensive Tweets

Sergi Guardiola's contract with Barcelona has been rescinded just hours after the club signed the 24-year-old. The Blaugrana discovered a series of tweets insulting both the club and the region of Catalonia.

Samuel Marsden of Sport confirmed the news:

Photos of Football shared one of the tweets (warning: strong language):

A career journeyman, Guardiola recently terminated his contract with Alcorcon and was offered a deal by Barcelona B after a successful tryout.  

The midfielder, who can also play as a forward, has played for a wide variety of clubs since graduating from Lorca Deportiva's academy in 2010. He moved to Alcorcon after an excellent 2014-15 campaign with Eldense, but he barely saw any playing time with Los Alfareros.

Fans didn't know much about Guardiola and spent most of the afternoon checking out some of his highlights, and some Twitter users discovered the offensive tweets.

La Liga blogger Sergi Dominguez could only suggest one option for Guardiola:

While most fans were either outraged by the tweets or laughing at his short spell with the club, some seemed to realise Guardiola sent those tweets a long time ago, and he is now paying dearly for his mistake.

Spanish footballers have landed in hot water for tweeting and making public comments about Barcelona or Real Madrid before. Per Super Deporte (h/t Inside Spanish Football's Heath Chesters), Los Blancos star Isco once said he was an "antimadridista," that he disliked Real and found the club and their fans to be arrogant. Four years later, he donned the iconic white kit himself.

It should be a lesson for young footballers around the world: Everything you post on social media can come back to haunt you. 

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