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With the deadline passed in the Premier League and incoming transfer activity over for another six months, clubs were left to proudly show off their new wares to fans and the media alike.
The result was a wide array of official unveiling photos, some more polished than others.
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Jurgen Klopp learned English by watching Friends
“Maybe I’m a bit smarter than the Joey role, but my talk with girls was never as good as his” 😂
Jurgen Klopp reveals he learnt English watching… Friends! ☕️
Listen to a the Football Daily podcast with #LFC‘s Jurgen Klopp and Andy Robertson 👇
📲 ⚽️: https://t.co/7xk2lXojXk pic.twitter.com/YhOfTK2Dsu— BBC 5 Live Sport (@5liveSport) August 9, 2019
We’d never peg Jurgen Klopp as a staunch Friends fanatic, but the Liverpool boss has revealed that he used to regularly watch the American sitcom.
In fairness, the German coach did explain that he found the conversations between Rachel, Ross, Chandler et al to be useful in his attempts to learn to speak English.
Why, it turns out that he even does a mean impression of Joey Tribbiani.
So if you should ever overhear Klopp harping on about being on a break, enjoying a meat trifle or serenading his smelly cat, now you know why.
Man United boss Ed Woodward trolled by Pizza Hut
Hi @ManUtd does Ed still want this table booked under ‘big name signing’ or shall we cancel that one as well?
— Pizza Hut Restaurants (@pizzahutuk) August 8, 2019
With transfer deadline day in full swing, several non-footballing corporate brand accounts desperately attempted to horn in on the fun on social media — as per usual.
Enter Pizza Hut, who joined the fray with a pithy swipe at Manchester United and the club’s apparent lack of activity.
Of course, just a couple of days prior United spent upwards of £80 million on a new centre-back to take their total window spent above the £140m mark, but why let that get in the way of a good joke at poor Ed’s expense.
Adama Troare misses match after losing passport
Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo revealed Adama Traore missed the comprehensive 4-0 win in the Europa League qualifying third round first leg against Pyunik because he did not bring his passport #WolvesFChttps://t.co/wzKgQSSSOh
— PA Dugout (@PAdugout) August 8, 2019
Wolves continued on their quest to reach the Europa League group stages by storming to an impressive 4-0 win over Pyunik in the first leg of their third-round qualifier on Thursday.
Unfortunately, they were forced to beat their Armenian hosts without the services of Adama Traore after the winger forgot to bring his passport to the airport.
Like Barcelona’s Luis Suarez and Borussia Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho before him, Traore was unable to fly with the rest of the squad after arriving at check-in without the necessary documentation.
“He had a problem with his passport…he didn’t know. It’s impossible to travel with an ID card so he couldn’t travel with us. He’ll join us for the next game,” said manager Nuno Espirito Santos.
Theoretically, Traore shouldn’t experience the same issues ahead of the second leg seeing as it’s being played at Molineux on Aug. 15.