14 of the best, worst and weirdest football promotional photos ever

Planet Football • 03 Aug 2017

Being a footballer must be great 99% of the time – but being forced to awkwardly pose to promote one of your club’s commercial partners is definitely one of the few downsides.

After playing actual football, having your photo taken is probably the thing you have to do most as a footballer. Most of it involves a cheesy grin and arm around the shoulder of an excited fan, but sometimes they get roped into a photoshoot by their club.

Here are some of the ~~best~~ worst examples of footballers in photographs.

Mamadou Sakho

Michael Owen

Francesco Totti

England’s weird boyband

Fowler, Campbell & Wise: Series 1, 2 and 3 are now available on DVD for the first time pic.twitter.com/moBQFSrUpD

— Adam Hurrey (@FootballCliches) July 25, 2017

Jurgen Klopp

Alberto Moreno

Walking with my little love ??

A post shared by Alberto Moreno (@amplfc18) on Sep 6, 2016 at 2:34pm PDT

Manchester United

Paolo Di Canio & Benito Carbone

Louis Saha

Mick McCarthy

Happy birthday, Mick. Treat yourself to something a bit stronger tonight.

A post shared by Planet Football (@_planetfootball_) on Feb 7, 2017 at 3:42am PST