Marcos Llorente #5

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Llorente arrives at his first World Cup as a polarising figure. The versatile player, who has become a key man under Diego Simeone at Atlético in midfield and defence, is an active user of social media, often showing off how he looks after his incredible physique. But he has also been known to fuel conspiracy theories about chemtrails, suncream and what he calls “toxic” artificial light, saying he wears yellow and red-tinted glasses to “protect his biology”. His comments have been criticised by the scientific community and the Spanish government but Llorente has become a trendsetter within football – players such as Erling Haaland, Antoine Griezmann and Álvaro Morata all wear tinted glasses like him.

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