Pele believes that the bearded man in the Samsung advertisement above looks like him. And that scissor kick on the television? That’s his too. So he’s decided to sue Samsung for $30 million.
Category: Promotional Peril
Liverpool ruin Jurgen Klopp with new range of products
At Borussia Dortmund, Jurgen Klopp established himself as one of the most likable people in football. After enduring the unintentional comedy of Brendan Rodgers for three years, Liverpool were understandably excited to bring Klopp in.
Iniestanalysis: The curious case of Andres Iniesta’s family Mario Kart session
Serious, in-depth analysis isn’t something we do very often at Dirty Tackle, so DT contributor Elliott Turner is here to help us fill that gap with an important investigation into something you and your family need to know about: the hidden truth of Andres Iniesta’s tweets.
Mesut Ozil, Freddy Adu are the kings of Twitter product promotion
Hi guys. ???? This @Arsenal winter jumper is nuts! ???? I would love to see everybody wearing it at our next home game!???????? pic.twitter.com/a8UStPcBUA
— Mesut Özil (@MesutOzil1088) November 25, 2015
Footballers have been promoting products on social media for years now, but Mesut Ozil and Freddy Adu have recently infused this soulless practice with a wonderful touch of emotion and artistic flourish.
Greater Manchester, Merseyside police backtrack on failed attempts at Twitter banter
Tweeting is never a good idea and it turns out this is even true if you’re the police. Both the Greater Manchester and Merseyside police departments demonstrated this over the weekend with their now deleted attempts at football related banter.
Following another lackluster performance from Wayne Rooney in Manchester United’s 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace, the weekend tweeter on one of the Greater Manchester Police’s accounts (“DS Dave”) decided to put out a missing persons alert on him…
Spurs gave Wayne Gretzky a shirt with his name spelled wrong on it
Ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky was at White Hart Lane for Spurs’ Capital One Cup match against Arsenal, so the club rolled out the red carpet for him. Ledley King even presented him with a personalized No. 99 Spurs shirt with his name on it in front of the cameras. The only problem was that the shirt spelled Gretzky’s name with an “s” instead of a “z.”
Watch Mario Götze bake a cake for his 10 millionth Facebook fan
International breaks are a time of intense boredom, even for players. This inevitably leads to weird ideas, like baking a cake for your 10 millionth Facebook fan while wearing a GoPro camera on your head. Which is exactly what Mario Götze did.
The World Cup winner says he’s never baked before, so this was of course a perfect time to start.
Though there are brief cameos from other people, the video plays out like something made by the last man on earth as he attempts to stave off the crushing loneliness of his existence. Highlights include Mario signing “Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake!” to himself and just the general oddity of watching Mario Götze go through the process of baking a cake for four minutes and 25 seconds. Especially since he actually made a banana bread.
Partick Thistle unveil world’s angriest mascot
It should come as no surprise that the world’s angriest mascot belongs to a Scottish club. With that said, this is Kingsley, a melting star and the physical manifestation of the phrase “u wot m8?”
Jordan Henderson, Thibaut Courtois star in half-hearted campaign videos for FIFA 16 cover
#VoteHenderson for the #FIFA16UKcover and @JHenderson promises to do the @D_Sturridge dance: https://t.co/MFnBXak79y https://t.co/pFLphJO53y
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) June 19, 2015
EA Sports is letting fans vote for the footballer who will join Lionel Messi on the UK cover of FIFA 16, because that’s exactly what fans need: one more thing to fight about on the internet. Read more
This is Steven Gerrard sitting on a jet engine with his wife
Steven Gerrard and his wife Alex are the stars of British Airways’ Caribbean Campaign, which apparently means that they were paid enough to go along with whatever goofy ideas the photographer could think up.