Barcelona's "De-Lu-ification," Lu the Emperor Advances to Superstar!

"He doesn't deserve to be a Barcelona player! He betrayed Barcelona! He's a traitor! He's Judas!"

Barcelona vice president Beneto went on a crazed tirade against Lu Yang on his social media platform.

He also posted several special images.

In a photo from the league title celebration, where Lu Yang had been pulled into the center by the players, Lu Yang had been mosaicked out.

Lu Yang, holding up the Champions League trophy, had also been edited out.

Lu Yang, holding up the Copa del Rey trophy as well, was obscured by a blot of ink.

Beneto even published the application he had submitted to the La Liga officials.

It explicitly demanded that the La Liga championship trophy awarded at the start of next season not feature Lu Yang's laser-engraved image.

La Liga had yet to issue an official response.

Beneto's attitude was the attitude of Barcelona's entire upper management.

To build momentum for this rhetoric, Beneto secretly arranged several videos of fans burning Lu Yang jerseys.

While hurling insults at Lu Yang, those fans burned his jerseys, causing a huge stir in Spain.

But before long, rational fans noticed that these videos did not seem to have occurred naturally.

"I know that guy burning the jersey. He isn't a fan; he works at Barcelona... Wait, I remember now. Isn't he Beneto's driver?"

"Yeah, I've seen him too!"

"The first commenter is sharp, but is he really Beneto's driver, or Beneto's... machine?"

"These burned jerseys are way too new. They don't seem like fans' own jerseys."

"Some fans don't just buy one jersey. Having two or three is perfectly normal. One to wear, one to collect, and one to give away."

"But if they burned the one they collected, what about the one they usually wear? Why didn't they bring