Marc Bola signed for three more years with Watford. He will now remain at the club until June 2030, something that in any other context would be just another sports story.
But the club decided to announce it with a photo alongside its captain, Mattie Pollock, and that is where the chaos began. The two appear so close, so affectionate, that half the internet forgot about the contract and started speculating about the relationship between them.
There were those who, knowing nothing about the squad, swore they were seeing a couple’s announcement: “they look like boyfriend and girlfriend”. No one at Watford clarified it, and the photo is still getting people talking.