Mathias Jorgensen offers to buy travelling Huddersfield fans a Christmas drink
The 27-year-old said on Twitter: '#ZankaClaus is coming to Town! A drink on me for every @htafcdotcom fan going to Southampton on Saturday! Grab a token on the way in'
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Your support makes all the difference.Huddersfield Town centre back Mathias 'Zanka' Jorgensen has offered to buy a drink for every fan who makes the 472-mile round trip for Saturday’s Premier League clash at Southampton.
The 27-year-old said on Twitter: "#ZankaClaus is coming to Town! A drink on me for every @htafcdotcom fan going to Southampton on Saturday! Grab a token on the way in.”
In a video message he added: "Your support this year has been truly amazing, so I thought I would think up something special for those of you travelling to Southampton this weekend."
The club confirmed that away fans will be provided with a voucher when they enter St Mary’s on Saturday which will be redeemable for a drink at Huddersfield’s next home match on Boxing Day against Stoke.
Huddersfield have been given an allocation of 2,596 tickets for the match against Southampton. The Terriers charge around £3.20 for a pint of beer, meaning Jorgensen could be expected to pay out more than £8,000 if every fan takes up the defender’s offer.
Jorgensen joined Huddersfield in the summer from FC Copenhagen.
He has carried the nickname ‘Zanka’ since he was 10 after his youth team were squeezed into a car. His coach, seeing him squeezed into a tiny gap on the floor, thought he looked like Zanka, the Jamaican bob sleigher made famous in the film Cool Runnings.
He now carries his nickname on the back of his shirt.
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