25 weird & wonderful Twitter transfer announcements from Sanchez to Jota
Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool are just some of the many clubs to have announced signings with slightly bizarre social media videos.
The social media confirmation of a transfer has become a form of modern art in recent years, with clubs seemingly desperate to outdo each other.
Here, we’ve taken a look back at some of the weirdest and most wonderful player unveilings, featuring the likes of Paul Pogba, Mohamed Salah and Alexis Sanchez.
Alexis Sanchez (Man Utd, 2018)
Apparently he actually was playing the piano, which impressed us. But we’re still left wondering who came up with this idea and put it to Sanchez? Unless it was his idea, of course…
🎹 Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. Introducing #Alexis7…#GGMU #MUFC @Alexis_Sanchez pic.twitter.com/t9RIIx4mE4
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) January 22, 2018
Jota (Al-Ittihad, 2023)
Bizarre.
الاختيار المناسب في المكان المناسب. 🃏#JotaIsYellow pic.twitter.com/CcxW4N5scR
— نادي الاتحاد السعودي (@ittihad) July 3, 2023
Ricardo Quaresma (Vitoria Guimaraes, 2020)
Who needs a car when you can have a horse?
Long Live the KING 👑
A Dinastia 𝕼uaresma começa agora 🐎
@07RQuaresma pic.twitter.com/9XoMungfDq— Vitória Sport Clube (@VitoriaSC1922) September 7, 2020
Aaron Hickey (Bologna, 2020)
This was only missing some shortbread and a bottle of Irn-Bru to complete our bingo card of Scottish stereotypes.
✍️ | UFFICIALE!
Aaron Hickey è un nuovo giocatore del Bologna ❤️💙
𝗛𝗘'𝗦 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗘'𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 🏴
#WeAreOne pic.twitter.com/UKXAa4gd9m
— Bologna Fc 1909 (@Bolognafc1909) September 24, 2020
Jake Gray (Yeovil Town, 2017)
Next time Yeovil use Snapchat to announce a signing we hope it’s the player sat on the toilet bored after training.
The new @Snapchat feature is pretty cool. You can see who's at Huish Park…✍️⚽️😉 #YTFC pic.twitter.com/YhFHRd7wM0
— Yeovil Town F.C. (@YTFC) June 26, 2017
George Friend (Bristol Rovers, 2023)
Those West Country folk are clearly a creative lot.
Oooo football Friend…#BristolRovers pic.twitter.com/tSbvyLp8Db
— Bristol Rovers (@Official_BRFC) July 4, 2023
Andre Moreira (Aston Villa, 2018)
Ok, we do actually appreciate the “enter the Villa” pun in all fairness.
ICYMI: Love Island might be over but we're delighted to announce that a new boy has entered the Villa…#AVFC pic.twitter.com/I2rwt6RnDK
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) August 1, 2018
Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal, 2017)
We’re not sure that Arsenal listing 10 players fans would rather have seen them sign was a good way of announcing Kolasinac.
Right, time for a quick quiz…
The following 🔟 players have been signed by Arsène Wenger – can you spot them all? pic.twitter.com/ewEpmDRRs4
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) June 6, 2017
Arthur (Barcelona, 2018)
Right, what the hell is this all about?
👋 Welcome @arthurmeloreal! Bem-vindo!
⚽️ #EnjoyArthur
🔵🔴 #EnjoyBarça pic.twitter.com/18YQ4uOXjW— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) July 9, 2018
Patrick Schick (Roma, 2017)
Your guess is as good as ours.
🐵💻🦁👑🇨🇿🕶🦁🎶🐐 #Schick #ASRoma pic.twitter.com/JAIvKGYS7P
— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) August 29, 2017
Gianluca Scamacca (West Ham, 2022)
Nice. Very nice.
All the way from Rome, Italy…
Welcome to West Ham United, Gianluca Scamacca! ✍️ pic.twitter.com/1ed3VOGFcR
— West Ham United (@WestHam) July 26, 2022
Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea, 2017)
We’re genuinely embarrassed by this one.
Which name would you get on the back of your @nikefootball Chelsea home shirt today? 👀 #WeAreThePride pic.twitter.com/WKmYxd2x0K
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) July 9, 2017
Jan Bednarek (Southampton, 2017)
The problem with Southampton being incredibly subtle about signing Bednarek was that nobody has any idea who he is and they had to explain it in a subsequent tweet.
✍️: @SamGallagher40
✍️: @jackstephens_18
✍️: 👀#saintsfc pic.twitter.com/AaGFM9Cnfe— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) July 1, 2017
Wout Weghorst (Burnley, 2022)
Brilliance personified.
Burnley have gone Jurassic for their Weghorst announcement video.
Life… finds a way.pic.twitter.com/NcRSHiN5h3
— MUNDIAL (@MundialMag) January 31, 2022
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, 2017)
Admittedly, Salah looks painfully awkward at the end, but this is fine. It sort of pokes fun at the whole concept and mercifully lasts only 17 seconds.
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) June 22, 2017
Jesus Navas (Sevilla, 2017)
We think staging a kidnap might just be a bit too far.
¡¡¡Es nuestro!!! https://t.co/sTUFTfcyvS
— Sevilla Fútbol Club (@SevillaFC) August 1, 2017
Nicky Maynard (Newport, 2021)
Newport channelled Grand Theft Auto to announce the loan capture of Football League journeyman Maynard.
New player loaded… ✅#OneClubOneCounty pic.twitter.com/sI7AimOy3q
— Newport County AFC (@NewportCounty) February 1, 2021
Marcel De Jong & David Edgar (Vancouver Whitecaps, 2016)
We think Pokemon Go was still a thing in 2016? We presume it’s not now? Who knows.
de Jong and Edgar: captured ✔️ #VWFC #PokemonGo pic.twitter.com/QbZKxwPOJC
— Vancouver Whitecaps FC (@WhitecapsFC) July 13, 2016
Josh Tymon (Stoke City, 2017)
Winner of the most awkward thumbs up in the history of the universe. Now we’re not seeing the guy managing the website that day didn’t know that much about Josh Tymon, but notice the Wikipedia tab…
They also had the Oatcake forum open. It’s always nice to know whether your work is appreciated.
👀 @JoshuaTymon signs a five-year deal with #SCFC#WelcomeJosh 👍 pic.twitter.com/Unx4RY7v3K
— Stoke City FC (@stokecity) July 5, 2017
Frank De Boer (Crystal Palace, 2017)
Thirty-five unexplained seconds of white smoke billowing out of a chicken shop to announce De Boer becoming the new Pope of South London. Perfectly nonsensical, much like the Dutchman’s tenure in charge of the Eagles.
💭💭💭 pic.twitter.com/ruXld8jy08
— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) June 26, 2017
Jan Valery (Birmingham City, 2021)
No surprises for guessing which song Birmingham used to announce the arrival of Valery in the winter of 2021…
🕺🏻🎶 pic.twitter.com/3H2G0GddyD
— Birmingham City FC (@BCFC) February 1, 2021
Jamie Ness (Plymouth Argyle, 2017)
Plymouth spent the summer tweeting pretty difficult cryptic pictograms for who they’ve signed. The first response to this suggested “Legonoodle Windermere is a cracking player”.
Some pictures that we just came across #incoming #pafc pic.twitter.com/bLbnUCo1Nu
— Plymouth Argyle FC (@Argyle) June 22, 2017
Ronaldo Vieira (Sampdoria, 2018)
Poking fun at Juventus’ announcement of *Cristiano* Ronaldo, Sampdoria announced their own Ronaldo (Vieira).
BREAKING: #Sampdoria sign #Ronaldo! pic.twitter.com/vTZafVkMBF
— Sampdoria English (@sampdoria_en) August 3, 2018
Paul Pogba (Man Utd, 2016)
We can’t really forgive the whole ‘PogBOOM’ thing, but this was actually really great and should have forced other clubs to just stop trying.
PogBOOM is coming to Old Trafford.@paulpogba: Welcome home to @ManUtd.#FirstNeverFollowshttps://t.co/UKrEgp7Mcy
— adidas Football (@adidasfootball) August 8, 2016
Santi Cazorla (Villarreal, 2018)
We step away from the usual social media efforts to be different for this from Villarreal, who completely unnecessarily got a magician to make Cazorla appear in a plume of smoke, even though it was common knowledge that the midfielder had returned to the Spanish club.
#VuelveLaMagia | Y por arte de magia 🎩, el deseo más fuerte de los 'groguets' se hizo realidad 💛. @19SCazorla volverá a defender la camiseta amarilla y a despertar los sueños del #EstadioDeLaCerámica 😍🏟. pic.twitter.com/nbhiH92N3s
— Villarreal CF (@VillarrealCF) August 10, 2018
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