Ste McGovern
The best tweets from the world of football this week, featuring the long-awaited return of the Premier League being announced, Dominic Cummings getting mugged off by Gary Neville, and Arsenal do their best American Psycho impression.
IT’S COMING HOME!
June. pic.twitter.com/gL0JSAeSsx
— MUNDIAL (H) (@MundialMag) May 29, 2020
And for the first time ever the Premier League will be free-to-air. Football really is coming home.
We’ll have 4 live Premier League games on @BBCSport. The first time ever that we’ve had such an opportunity. Very exciting. 👍🏻
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) May 28, 2020
The legacy of the 2009 Champions League final, 11 years on
It will take some getting used to, though.
Going to be a bit weird watching Premier League games on the BBC without assuming that every oncoming substitute is about to score and that every yellow-carded player is guaranteed to be sent off later on
— Adam Hurrey (@FootballCliches) May 28, 2020
Looking forward to seeing the same joke by a thousand Twitter accounts with a footballer as their profile photo.
https://twitter.com/GraceOnFootball/status/1266007483736301569?s=20
Read our exclusive interview with former Man United manager Ron Atkinson
Hands up if you read this in Frank Lampard’s voice:
Premier League football to return on Frank Lampard's birthday. Could have done with it being a day or two later, to be honest!!!!!! But, no, it'll be great to be back and doing what we're paid to do and that's play football matches for this football club and these fans
— Adam Hurrey (@FootballCliches) May 28, 2020
You just know Mourinho will do it too.
Can't wait for five substitutions all at the same time by a furious Jose Mourinho after 35 minutes of their first game.
— Max Rushden (@maxrushden) May 29, 2020
I’m sure I’ve seen that rumoured new Arsenal kit somewhere before…
— MUNDIAL (H) (@MundialMag) May 28, 2020
From the thunderbolt to the bruised banana – Arsenal’s greatest ever away kits
Take a bow, son.
put your laces through it son pic.twitter.com/uoRSE0Sio3
— Christian Polanco (@chrispolanco) May 30, 2020
The moment they all dreamt of as children, surely.
Here’s what a socially distanced trophy lift looks like. pic.twitter.com/NHVmFQSrPl
— MUNDIAL (H) (@MundialMag) May 30, 2020
Remembering Peter Schmeichel’s greatest ever Premier League performance
Ah, so that’s why VAR didn’t give a penalty to Dortmund against Bayern.
Never a penalty. Everyone knows that's Boateng's natural position ever since that Messi goal. #BVBFCB
— Ronan Murphy (@swearimnotpaul) May 26, 2020
Dominic Cummings has been so roundly mocked this week, even football’s online community is getting in on the act.
The most uncomfortable I’ve seen an Englishman in a press conference since a 7-0 defeat in Barcelona
— Gary Neville (@GNev2) May 25, 2020
This might be the winner of the lot, though.
If Alphonso Davies were to run at his top speed (v Borussia Dortmund) of 35.3 kilometres per hour, he could cover the distance from Durham to Barnard Castle in 75 minutes and 45 seconds.
— Richard Jolly (@RichJolly) May 26, 2020
The ultimate Danish five-a-side of the Premier League era
You hate to see it.
Emily Maitlis sent to train with the Newsnight Under-23s.
— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) May 27, 2020
Things are not going great for the former Huddersfield boss at Schalke either.
Reckon David Wagner’s win % over the last three seasons must be getting close to that of a decent IPA
— liam (@liambxtr) May 27, 2020
The forgotten legacy of England’s first black captain
You think you know a person.
You're telling me Scott Brown is bald by choice. Unreal dedication to the hard cunt image fair fucking play. https://t.co/dEHxHXPoj8
— scoobert doobert (@ChazzSM) May 25, 2020
The fact that David Seaman was 39 in 2003 is making us feel really old right now.
I was 39 when I made this save 17 years ago and apparently I was “past it” – it’s had 4 million views on YouTube (31/2 million of them were me 🤣🤣) #safehands pic.twitter.com/vEY2EfwxVh
— David Seaman (@thedavidseaman) May 26, 2020
Bob Marley will be on a football jersey this year after all.
No comment https://t.co/hQvdm4meXP
— Bohemian FC 🔴⚫ (@bfcdublin) May 29, 2020
This is brilliant.
This is how Messi's heatmaps evolved through the entirety of his career. pic.twitter.com/TO1PVikHRS
— Shawn (@fcbShawn) May 24, 2020
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