No, Adidas did not just announce Paulo Dybala as a Manchester United player
An alleged tweet being shared on social media confirming the move is actually fake
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Your support makes all the difference.An alleged tweet from Adidas confirming Manchester United to have signed Paulo Dybala from Juventus being shared on social media is a fake, rather than having been deleted.
Nike recently accidentally confirmed Philippe Coutinho’s move to Barcelona earlier this month before the move became official, with the US sportswear company being the primary sponsor of both the club and the player.
And Twitter users believed the same slip-up had been made by Adidas, who sponsor Manchester United and Dybala – although it appears the tweet (or tweets) being shared has actually been doctored.
One tweet being shared allegedly says: “New predator, New club, New challange, Welcome Dybala to the theatre of Dreams #PREDATOR”, while another one reads: “New Predator, New club, New challenge, Welcome Dybala To the Theatre of Dreams”.
Both are different posts trying to be the same one and whilst the second ‘tweet’ actually manages to spell ‘challenge’ correctly, both are struggling with their use of capital letters and only one has the hashtag #PREDATOR.
There is also the glaringly obvious mistake that neither Manchester United nor Dybala were tagged in the tweet, as well as no promotional pictures.
The Independent reported in December that Juventus have no intention of selling Dybala to United or anyone else in January, and privately have made suitors aware that any negotiations for the Argentina international would need to start north of €150m (£140m).
Sources with knowledge of Dybala’s plans acknowledge that a Premier League move is enticing but that there is no rush to leave the Italian champions.
Real Madrid and Barcelona have also kept an eye on Dybala, while Premier League clubs will get a closer look at him when he faces Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League round of 16 in February.
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