Real Madrid players appear to cover Ceuta solidarity message

Three Real Madrid players appeared to cover a solidarity message referring to Spain’s Ceuta, in an incident reported by Al Jazeera Global News.

The shirts carried the words “We are all Caballas”. The term is associated with people from Ceuta, a Spanish city on the North African coast.

Available material does not identify the players, establish when the shirts were worn or explain why the message appeared to have been covered.

The report does not establish that the players deliberately concealed the message. Neither Real Madrid nor the players has provided a statement in the available source material.

The incident has been presented as an apparent covering of a message expressing solidarity with Ceuta, but further details remain unconfirmed.