Here are some of the best tweets of the past week from Football Twitter, featuring a new award called the Wot d’Or, the long-awaited return of Oasis, the weird new Champions League draw, Chelsea transfer chaos, and Everton’s enduring pain.
There’s nothing going on inside the head of Cole Palmer, is there? He’s all goals and vibes.
— 🅰️ (@abzMCFC___) August 26, 2024
being too stupid to feel or even understand pressure must be an elite tool for an athlete https://t.co/C3OFU0hUaj
— h🪐p (@HWestwoodP) August 27, 2024
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Not even he would leave Erling ‘hat-trick’ Haaland out of his Fantasy Premier League team, though.
Me thinking I’m being smart by not having Haaland in my FPL pic.twitter.com/RU5kHQnj3G
— luke (@louorns) August 31, 2024
Oasis have finally returned, making possible the greatest piece of football trivia ever.
Oasis have today announced a return after 15 years away.
Wojciech Szczęsny has today announced his retirement from football after a 15-year career.
On a completely unrelated note, Szczęsny’s children are called… pic.twitter.com/kjGBNznLxD
— Henry Moeran (@henrymoeranBBC) August 27, 2024
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The greatest rock trio of the nineties.
The long lost brother pic.twitter.com/pOgVVXQxFY
— 𝕤𝕙𝟜𝕞𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕜 (@sh4mrock1) August 28, 2024
Diego Maradona is dancing in heaven after the news.
Do it for him pic.twitter.com/pL2OmWptTz
— jotape (@unjotape) August 25, 2024
Peter Drury commentating on a tap-in in a mid-table game: https://t.co/69wK1uMKjc
— Billy 🪩 (@_billyreid) August 27, 2024
Unfortunate choice of eyewear by The Overlap crew.
Christ have they got Jimmy Saville on https://t.co/pOeJUhhFMZ
— wilf (@wilfhmy) August 28, 2024
The Champions League draw took place and the new format confused everybody. Even Uefa acknowledged it was a bit weird.
A new era begins.
The best club competition in the world just got better.#UCLdraw || #UCL pic.twitter.com/XWcKlgrpLd
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) August 29, 2024
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PSG just gave us all a new reaction meme.
😳PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and Sporting Director Luis Campos react to Les Parisiens drawing Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Arsenal and Atlético de Madrid in the Champions Leaguepic.twitter.com/BQxNcTzwTR
— Get French Football News (@GFFN) August 29, 2024
Sparta Prague qualified for the Champions League, and celebrated by rubbing it in the faces of the teams they beat along the way. Brilliant.
𝑩𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈… ✈️🎟️#acsparta | #UEL pic.twitter.com/TNaabUWCH9
— AC Sparta Prague (@ACSparta_EN) August 27, 2024
The transfer window closed, but not before someone tried to recreate the purple dildo incident of 2015.
Poor KAVEH pic.twitter.com/kRcFtgRB4p
— Neil_K (@NK_ESQ) August 30, 2024
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Despite having ten million players on their books, Chelsea couldn’t help themselves as transfer deadline day approached.
Chelsea owners 24 hours without a transfer 😂 So they put in a bid for Ivan Toney pic.twitter.com/lKHX4tUBTw
— BLUE (@RJamesSZN) August 27, 2024
Raheem Sterling left to join another Big Six club.
Raheem Sterling. https://t.co/Eg0X4ekWRN pic.twitter.com/JF234v0nXB
— 2 Cold Scorpio (@Ic3Evaa) August 27, 2024
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The move is still going to cost them more than it saves.
Edu negotiating with Chelsea
pic.twitter.com/rAFNiGFtWK https://t.co/YPePBg9YEf
— Walid Arsenal (@1Walid1) August 30, 2024
Despite the need to trim down their squad, they’ve replaced Sterling with Jadon Sancho.
I can see Jadon Sancho doing really well at Chelsea tbf, a lot of favourable conditions his way like turning up late to training and nobody noticing because of the other 40 players already there.
— PATRON (@UTDPatron) August 30, 2024
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They did manage to finally sell Romelu Lukaku, who reunited with father figure Antonio Conte.
https://t.co/K4vqZcrZ2Q pic.twitter.com/TgSZByppyZ
— Niom (@kivraw) August 30, 2024
Chelsea’s new ‘punk’ jersey feels like a bit of a mismatch.
there is genuinely not a club for whom it's more ironic to use punk culture https://t.co/OFgN8nehtO
— l'autre (@kaurismarxist) August 26, 2024
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James Ward-Prowse joined Nottingham Forest after West Ham United realised he’s not very good.
Billy, this is James-Ward Prowse. He's the greatest set-piece taker in the history of the Premier League.
His defect is that he isn't good at football. pic.twitter.com/QY6cJYY73R
— Evan (@SawkurGod) August 30, 2024
Hopefully he gets lucky again in Nottingham.
James Ward-Prowse on that time he got cornered by your mum and aunts on a hen do pic.twitter.com/TUWS5QsEG3
— Fisted Away (@fistedaway) October 7, 2023
Eddie Nketiah got his move away from Arsenal, and his arrival at Crystal Palace led to some wholesome scenes.
"I used to change his nappies" 🥰
When you bump into a familiar face 🫶#CPFC pic.twitter.com/q909YfPrAy
— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) August 30, 2024
Declan Rice received one of the weirdest red cards we’ve seen in a while, but the Arsenal midfielder should probably learn not to take the bait in future.
Mikel Arteta hiring a team of stand-up comedians to roast Declan Rice as he goes about his daily life to demonstrate the importance of not being provoked.
— Sam Whyte (@SamWhyte) August 31, 2024
What we need is more showmen officiating Premier League games.
Why not "kick off" your weekend with the world's most flamboyant referee. I give you, Clésio Moreira dos Santos.
Ooh! Hiya!! pic.twitter.com/T2mqMVaQGw
— James Hogg (@JamesAHogg2) August 30, 2024
Sven Goran Eriksson passed away this week. We will never see the likes of him again.
The greatest leader this country has ever had pic.twitter.com/T6CywSYUkV
— The Celebrated Captain Barclays (@JackBaker1311) August 26, 2024
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Everton fans are in for another season of pain after watching their side give up a two-goal lead against Bournemouth.
35 to go pic.twitter.com/Y9FqgSLH0O
— Everton Views (@EvertonViews) August 31, 2024
Many of them are regretting their life choices right about now.
Watching 5 year old me leave for my first Everton game after my dad bribed me with a hot dog pic.twitter.com/aZ3jTimMFt
— T G J (@thatguysjokes) August 31, 2024
It can only go up from here though, right? RIGHT?
— Everton gear (@EvertonGear) August 31, 2024
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They’re about to be overtaken for goals scored by a single player. Oh dear.
Haaland is now only six goals behind Everton since he came to the Premier League. It's absolutely on.
— Duncan Alexander (@oilysailor) August 31, 2024
They could do with some of their players, you know, actually performing.
— Keir🍯 (@___KR111) August 25, 2024
Little wonder Neal Maupay got out of dodge by joining Marseille, or as Football Twitter has dubbed them, Hitler FC.
Imagine another job where it’s normalised to get abuse like this.
Hanging around at a train station to scream at men who are trying their best… https://t.co/jzNPPxX3Tv
— Neal Maupay (@nealmaupay_) August 25, 2024
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Bernardo Silva absolutely roasted Ruben Dias and his gym-obsessed teammates here.
“i don’t do gym, that’s for the guys who dont know how to play with their feet” lmaooo pic.twitter.com/ke0WRSuKcR
— laura (@1aurarose) August 31, 2024
Amazing things are going on in Brazilian football.
Brazil’s Serie A, I underestimated you pic.twitter.com/9xd0dLXCVU
— Jack Kenmare (@jackkenmare_) August 25, 2024
I refuse to believe this video of Angel Gomes is real.
no way this guy got in the england squad over wharton😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/RZCqEgNop7
— george🏴 (@cpfcgeezy2) August 29, 2024
The ArtButSports account continue to produce some of the best football tweets around.
Aeneas fleeing from Troy, by Pompeo Batoni, 1753 https://t.co/FPnLcQcuhG pic.twitter.com/J2wtk0BEPJ
— ArtButMakeItSports (@ArtButSports) August 31, 2024
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Ayr United had a little nibble at Kilmarnock after the Scottish side crashed out of Europe.
😂 https://t.co/Whx0ZJtqEy pic.twitter.com/ockYIP4tTs
— Ayr United (@AyrUnitedFC) August 29, 2024
Bet you didn’t know Andoni Iraola was once on the same team as Frank Lampard, Andrea Pirlo, David Villa and Jack Harrison.
Wtf pic.twitter.com/C6sgFfwpck
— Luke (@_luke1878_) August 31, 2024
At least John McGinn saw the funny side of having his arse pinched during Aston Villa’s win over Leicester City.
Big win away from home, debut for Lamar and a little surprise 👍🏻 #UTV pic.twitter.com/GMgZ4v8MRv
— John McGinn (@jmcginn7) August 31, 2024
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