Overview

• Abidal posted that he is alive, with his family, and feeling well in a brief Instagram Story.
• Several X accounts falsely reported his death, a wave of posts cited by Le Parisien and reflected in later media reports.
• The rumor alleged complications following a supposed second liver transplant, a claim contradicted by his public statement.
• His wife, Hayet Abidal, denounced the posts as fake news and stressed the harm to their family and children.
• The former France international survived a liver tumor in 2011 and underwent a 2012 transplant before returning to play and later serving as Barcelona’s sporting director.