Image of Barcelona star Gavi goes viral with new ‘Cat’ mascot

Barcelona celebrated their 125th anniversary on Friday evening, with a gala evening at the city's Liceu Theater attended by a number of club icons and current players. They also presented their new mascot 'Cat the Culer'.

The giant yellow cat is the first permanent mascot for the Blaugrana, with a design based on the club's colors and crest, and previously had a temporary mascot for the 100th anniversary. The Cat was on stage with young people Lamine Yamal and Gavi. This was much to the amusement of Raphinha and Pau Cubarsi, the former recording the incident on his phone.

The best image of Gavi and 'Cat', however, occurs when the mascot is heading to the stage, and Gavi, who has apparently turned to look at Cat, has turned away, terrified.

It was a less fortunate match debut for Cat, who was present for Barcelona's 2-1 defeat to Las Palmas at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys on Saturday.