Tweets of the Week: Arteta’s pickpockets, riots in England, and Chelsea’s transfer ‘strategy’ | OneFootball

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·11 August 2024

Tweets of the Week: Arteta’s pickpockets, riots in England, and Chelsea’s transfer ‘strategy’

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It’s time for another round of the funniest tweets from Football Twitter over the past week.

Mikel Arteta hired a group of pickpockets to keep his Arsenal players on their toes? He must be an exhausting manager to play under.


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So many questions.

The rioting in Britain this week has attracted all sorts.

Too right.

Meanwhile in Glasgow…

Man City claimed their first Community Shield in five years this weekend, with a ‘little’ help from Bernardo Silva.

I wonder what the FA had to hide…

We interrupt your regularly scheduled broadcast to bring this highly important update.

This is certainly a joke of a book alright.

That takes me back.

Man City have finally been penalised by the Premier League – but not for what you think.

Sometimes the jokes write themselves.

The first Fantasy Premier League deadline of 2024/25 is right around the corner.

Reece James is injured again?!

Chelsea need to leave some goalies for the other clubs.

Football Manager gamers are approximately a million times more coherent with their transfer strategy than Chelsea.

This is the only plausible explanation.

Not sure many FM players could translate their in-game habits to real life, though.

Scottish football is so back.

Emile Smith Rowe’s first post-match interview at Fulham was hijacked by two of his teammates. Alex Iwobi really commits to the role of touchline reporter.

Kylian Mbappe is set to be the main free-taker at Real Madrid.

The Canada spy saga was rumbled by a drone nerd in the New Zealand team. Amazing.

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