Barcelona are once again in turmoil, and this time it’s not because of a performance on the pitch. Spanish youngster Lamine Yamal has suddenly become the focus of a police investigation after a birthday party so extravagant that it’s been described as “one of the most noisy events of the year”.

According to unconfirmed but rapidly spreading reports, Yamal’s party attracted a “crazy” number of guests, with a host of music stars, actors, footballers – and even high-profile figures – to the point where people are wondering: is this a birthday or a secret version of an international awards ceremony.

The issue only really came to a head when local police received more than 600 calls about the noise, the lasers that lit up half the sky, and the huge amount of high-powered entertainment equipment used – from confetti cannons, smoke machines, to a sound system that was said to be “louder than the stadium at the end of El Clásico”.

One police officer reportedly said: “We have never seen an 18th birthday with the same amount of technical equipment as a European music festival.”

What’s more curious: many neighbors claimed the lights from the party were so bright they “couldn’t tell the moon from the stage lights”.

A witness who lives nearby said: “The whole street shook. I thought Barcelona had just won the World Cup.”

Behind-the-scenes sources say the investigation is mainly around the party’s use of “excessive” amounts of noise and light entertainment equipment, which requires special permits.

A friend of Yamal’s revealed: “He just wanted to make it memorable. No one expected it to be… memorable in this way.”

On social media, fans are divided into two camps: those who think this is just “the greatest 18-year-old party of all time”, and those who think Yamal should be awarded the title “the person who kept the whole city up all night without football”.

Meanwhile, Yamal’s team of representatives has remained absolutely silent, making the public even more curious: will the police come to any serious conclusions, or is this just a familiar moment of media hype?

Until the truth is revealed, one thing is for sure: Barcelona will not be quiet, and this birthday party will probably go down in history – not because of its opulence, but because it kept the entire police station awake longer than… the party host.