Tag: Manchester United

Man United fans have trouble spelling “Ibrahimovic” while wearing Ibrahimovic shirts

Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s new Man United shirts have been flying off the shelves since he officially signed with the club on July 1 and at the Community Shield last weekend, fans excited about his arrival were wearing those shirts. But still they had trouble spelling the name on their back.

Chelsea Fans Channel held a new signings spelling bee for Man United fans outside Wembley, with both Ibrahimovic and Mkhitaryan proving difficult for everyone but one young Leicester supporter.

This exercise is billed as the channel pranking Man United fans, but they seem to be the ones pranking themselves by wearing a name on their shirts that they can’t even spell.

Adidas’ Man United third kit design tool gets predictably abused

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Adidas is letting fans create and submit third kit designs for Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Flamengo, Juventus, Milan, and Man United. Anytime you ask people on the internet to design something and then publish the results on your site, you’re asking for trouble and this is no different. Man United’s template seems to be getting the most prank submissions, with dozens of Harambe designs in the gallery (a few of them pictured above), but there are so many more — including one featuring a picture of a guy’s ballsack (which is definitely not pictured here). A sampling…

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Paul Pogba’s agent named his company after Jerry Maguire

The undisputed king of this transfer window is agent Mino Raiola. He represents three of Man United’s four signings (Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, and Paul Pogba), including the largest deal in the history of football. And the name of the Dutch firm raking in his cut of all this action? Maguire Tax & Legal. As in the 1996 Tom Cruise film about a sports agent.

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Jose Mourinho wins Community Shield, signs Pogba, and burns Juan Mata all in the same day

The day of Jose Mourinho’s first competitive match with Manchester United was pretty much the perfect Jose Mourinho day. He signed Paul Pogba, he matched David Moyes’ achievements as Man United manager by winning the Community Shield on a late Zlatan Ibrahimovic goal, and he got to crush Juan Mata’s will to live in the cruelest way yet.

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Fifpro member wants Jose Mourinho jailed for bullying Bastian Schweinsteiger

Jose Mourinho has deemed Bastian Schweinsteiger surplus to requirements at Man United, but with two years left on his three-year contract, the 32-year-old German midfielder reportedly doesn’t want to move, so Mourinho has cast him out into the wilderness of training with the reserves. According to footballer turned lawyer Dejan Stefanovic, who is a member of world players’ union Fifpro, this constitutes bullying and is worthy of a prison sentence for Mourinho.

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores first Man United goal two days after first training session

Three minutes and 11 seconds into his Man United debut and just two days after he began training with the club, Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored an acrobatic goal in a friendly against Galatasaray in his native Sweden. A rather perfect debut for Zlatan, but why would you expect anything else?

Zlatan only played the first 45 minutes against Gala, not because of fitness concerns, but because it would’ve been unfair to subject them to a full 90 minutes of him in a friendly.

Paul Pogba is trolling the world about his potential Man United move

The transfer saga of the summer is Paul Pogba potential move back to Manchester United, which could bring a new world record fee, and he’s milking this spotlight for all its worth.

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