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More Photos of Spanish World Cup Winners Ferran Torres and Marcos Llorente Under the Ibiza Sun Are Captured

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Spain keeps producing the same photo: two of its footballers standing a little too close, and the global press losing its mind trying to decide what it means.

Six days after Ferran Torres scored the extra-time winner that beat Argentina 1-0 in the World Cup final, he and Spain teammate Marcos Llorente turned up shirtless on a wooden jetty in Ibiza, tanned, hugging, faces close in the water. Backgrid caught it and a short clip spread within hours: they’re dating, “gay or European,” Ferran cheating on Pedri.

Two shirtless men on a wooden pier over the sea, one in beige shorts looking down, the other in dark shorts climbing between the posts.
Ferran Torres and Marcos Llorente navigate a wooden jetty above the clear Ibiza shallows during their post-World Cup holiday on July 24, 2026. Photo by Backgrid.

Spain has seen this movie before. In 2010, a photo of Gerard Piqué and Zlatan Ibrahimović standing inches apart in the Barcelona club parking lot, faces near, sent the pink press nuclear with the same rumors.

Shirtless blond man crawling up from the sea onto a wooden dock while another shirtless man in beige shorts watches from above.
Marcos Llorente clambers back onto the jetty from the water as Ferran Torres leans over to check on him, with onlookers gathered on the dock behind them in Ibiza. Photo by Backgrid.

Zlatan, furious, told a reporter asking about it to bring his sister over so he could prove he wasn’t gay. Piqué, just starting things with Shakira at the time, finally explained it to Ibai Llanos in 2023: he was being his usual tactile self with cars and press everywhere, and “I could eat Zlatan’s mouth, but not in the parking lot of the club in front of everyone.”

Two shirtless men in swim shorts hanging off a wooden pier over turquoise water with rocky cliffs in the background.
Ferran Torres and Marcos Llorente hang off the edge of a wooden jetty above the crystal waters off Ibiza, soaking up their post-World Cup celebrations on July 22, 2026. Photo by Backgrid.

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A close-up of Ferran Torres smiling toward the camera on the rocky Ibiza shoreline, gold chain necklaces catching the summer sun on July 24, 2026. Photo by Backgrid.

In reality: Llorente is married to Patricia “Paddy” Noarbe, and she was in the group at the beach. Torres is single and famously tactile, the Pedri bromance a running meme.

Wet shirtless man with slicked-back dark hair smiling as an older bald man photographs him on a beach pier, woman in hat and bikini seated in foreground.
Fresh from a swim, Ferran Torres grins as a fan holds a phone up for a photo on the Ibiza jetty, a woman in a wide-brim hat seated on the dock below. Photo by Backgrid.

But who wants to live in reality?

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Two shirtless men on a wooden pier over the sea, one in beige shorts looking down, the other in dark shorts climbing between the posts.
Ferran Torres and Marcos Llorente navigate a wooden jetty above the clear Ibiza shallows during their post-World Cup holiday on July 24, 2026. Photo by Backgrid.
Shirtless blond man crawling up from the sea onto a wooden dock while another shirtless man in beige shorts watches from above.
Marcos Llorente clambers back onto the jetty from the water as Ferran Torres leans over to check on him, with onlookers gathered on the dock behind them in Ibiza. Photo by Backgrid.
Two shirtless men in swim shorts hanging off a wooden pier over turquoise water with rocky cliffs in the background.
Ferran Torres and Marcos Llorente hang off the edge of a wooden jetty above the crystal waters off Ibiza, soaking up their post-World Cup celebrations on July 22, 2026. Photo by Backgrid.
Shirtless young man with dark curly hair and gold necklaces smiling on a rocky beach.
A close-up of Ferran Torres smiling toward the camera on the rocky Ibiza shoreline, gold chain necklaces catching the summer sun on July 24, 2026. Photo by Backgrid.
Wet shirtless man with slicked-back dark hair smiling as an older bald man photographs him on a beach pier, woman in hat and bikini seated in foreground.
Fresh from a swim, Ferran Torres grins as a fan holds a phone up for a photo on the Ibiza jetty, a woman in a wide-brim hat seated on the dock below. Photo by Backgrid.
Three shirtless men embracing on a beach pier, one holding a wine glass with a red drink, a woman visible below in the water.
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