15 times Man Utd’s Eric Bailly was the funniest player in the world
While Eric Bailly has been plagued by injury problems at Manchester United, he’s still been able to provide plenty of entertainment.
Despite making just 56 Premier League appearances across four years, Bailly* has become something of a cult hero at Old Trafford by delighting fans with his eccentric personality.
We’ve collected 15 of his funniest moments on and off the pitch since joining United in 2016.
Celebration
It’s fair to say Bailly enjoyed United’s late winner against Hull in 2016.
Bailly's had a brilliant start but his celebration at Hull topped his performance #mufc pic.twitter.com/YYVrBkI1sc
— Samuel Luckhurst (@samuelluckhurst) August 28, 2016
Dancing
He should probably stick to football.
Ander Herrera and Eric Bailly showing their dance moves in the United dressing room. 😂💃 [via Bailly's insta]#MUFC pic.twitter.com/QBYW0GrXVX
— RedReveal (@RedReveal) December 24, 2016
Air shot
His fall makes this even funnier.
RIP to Eric Bailly, who was shot on live TV today. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/y9V3VEhCin
— GeniusFootball (@AnythinFootball) October 3, 2016
Long range
And this is what happens when he actually connects with the ball.
Eric Bailly 🙈
Summing up Man Utd's season so far… pic.twitter.com/zuptlMIwa7
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) October 3, 2018
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
It takes a brave man to start a fight with Ibrahimovic.
Throwback when Eric Bailly did this to Zlatan Ibrahimovic. 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/pjCmCWjkfG
— Tekkers (@TekkersMedia) November 4, 2019
Jose Mourinho
Bailly and Ibrahimovic were like two misbehaving school kids during the Europa League final.
Zlatan and Bailly were a mad duo 😂
Watch Ibrahimovic at the end 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/BLkzXFTP4V
— United Zone (@ManUnitedZone_) January 30, 2020
Community Shield
Never change Eric.
Community Shield Winners 🏆 #MUFC Bailly is my favourite player already 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/7bbxtgSHKh
— Steve Gill (@gillg007) August 7, 2016
National anthem
Bailly wasn’t going to let the national anthem interrupt his warm-up.
Eric Bailly doing his warm ups during the national anthem will never stop being funny 😂 pic.twitter.com/yeav30j0XF
— ManUtdMindset (@ManUtdMindset) August 22, 2017
Ice
We might actually try this in the summer.
Eric Bailly got subbed at half time so has spent the second half wearing a bag of ice on his head pic.twitter.com/VZTURhLUur
— Jay | Y Ci Mawr 🏴 (@Jayfuz) July 22, 2018
Antonio Valencia
Just wait until the end.
Genuinely think Bailly is a little bit nuts hahahahahaha that look he gave Valencia pic.twitter.com/l3FuGUU8ma
— Scotty Tridge (@TridgeTV) February 26, 2017
Jamie Vardy
That’s one way to stop Vardy…
Eric Bailly vs Jamie Vardy needed on Sunday 😂😂😂pic.twitter.com/QlB9RGjYfC
— United Zone (@ManUnitedZone_) July 24, 2020
The gift that keeps giving
They say it’s the thought that counts…
Eric Bailly presented Sir Alex Ferguson with a stick from Africa at a recent game #mulive [uws]
— utdreport (@utdreport) January 17, 2018
Roll
An unorthodox yet effective piece of defending against Tottenham.
Dive
We don’t really know why he did this. But we’re glad he did.
READ: Forget Bruno, Bailly’s dive proved he’s still Man Utd’s most entertaining player
Training
We’ll leave you with this…
never change Bailly 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/Y2lICpvOKm
— hus (@HG18x) November 19, 2020
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