The official Twitter account of Real Madrid was hacked with a message welcoming Lionel Messi to the club.

At 5.30am BST, accompanied by a video of Messi scoring for Barcelona against Real Madrid, a post on Real’s Twitter said: “Benvingut Messi! Bienvenido Messi! Welcome Messi! Bienvenue Messi! #Messi.”

Barcelona's account was also hacked in recent days where they announced they had signed Angel di Maria.

There were over 27,000 retweets in the first 45 minutes after posting.