Marcos Llorente was brought back into the Spain squad in June, after more than a year out of the reckoning. The 30-year-old got 45 minutes against Andorra and did enough to convince Luis de la Fuente to call him again.
For much of the past decade the Atlético Madrid player has been widely known as someone who treasures physical fitness over nearly everything else. However, in more recent years, Marcos Llorente has also been one of Spain’s best-know purveyors of conspiracy theories.
Whether that’s questioning clouds in the skies, or sunglasses actually being a negative, the footballer has a raft of questionable opinions.
During the current international break, he’s spoken about several to the Spanish media. Indeed, even RFEF – Spain’s equivalent of the FA – have a feature on some of his quirks.
One of the milder steps Marcos Llorente takes, in order to protect his health as he sees it, is using red light. Indeed, the fullback has explained it’s the only colour of light he uses at home. The idea is it more closely mimics colours outdoors and blocks out blue light from technology.
Marcos Llorente: “I look at the sky…”
At the Spanish camp this week and during media interviews, Marcos Llorente has been wearing glasses with yellow lenses.
Quoted by Mundo Deportivo, he’s explained why: “Yellow-tinted glasses are for when you’re indoors during the day; outside, you never need to wear glasses of any kind because the sun’s rays should hit your eyes and skin without anything interfering. And glasses with red lenses filter out the blue light from lamps, televisions, and cell phones, allowing only the red light to pass through.”
Of course, refusing to wear sunglasses in a city like Madrid may not seem the wisest idea. He also got into controversy in Spain last year for pushing the idea of sunbathing without sunscreen.
Marcos Llorente’s latest foray into the theory world has seen him raise his eyes to the sky. Without sunglasses of course.
“I look at the sky and I’ve never seen this before. A trail of 40 contrails blocking out the sun and generating clouds isn’t normal. I’m trying to convey this, and although many people say it’s water vapour, what’s happening isn’t normal and should be explained,” the footballer said.
