Hey Ronnie, Guess What... Update: Best & Worst Player Announcement ft. Mbappe, Bony and Renato Sanches
Update: Yesterday's Deadline Day was the climax of this summer's crazy transfer window with Mbappe joining Paris Saint-Germain just shortly ahead of the World Cup qualifiers match against the Netherlands and Lemar's transfer to Arsenal open and not concluded in the end. However, Lemar was playing a great match for France (It was reported that Lemar did not want to play for a Europa League club and therefore did not join Arsenal).
Paris Saint-Germain again badly photoshopped transfer pictures, just as the did with Neymar, while Swansea went quite crazy on Twitter announcing their last-minute transfers.
This picture from Mbappe was taken from Nike's AS Monaco 17-18 kit launch, 'bringing the sun from Monaco to Paris'
Kylian Mbappe x Paris Saint-Germain
Kylian Mbappe was preparing for the match against Netherlands, so PSG photoshopped, amongst others, this picture of the Frenchman...
Good attempt at the photoshop lads
— Jacob (@JacobFurnell10) August 31, 2017
Swansea x Renato Sanches
— Swansea City AFC (@SwansOfficial) August 31, 2017
Swansea x Bony
We'll go wild, wild, wild... 🎶 pic.twitter.com/JljASfbhEz
— Swansea City AFC (@SwansOfficial) August 31, 2017
Olympique Marseille x Mitroglou
Don't want to alarm anyone at Marseille, but I'm not sure Kostas Mitroglou writing his name on the table is legally binding pic.twitter.com/5BmcGoO5Vp
— Tom Williams (@tomwfootball) 1. September 2017
With the new season finally getting underway, the club football-less summer is over. However, this summer was likely the most interesting ever without a major championship for football fans because of the transfer market.
We at Footy Headlines have had an eye on the fancy player announcements pictures and videos that clubs released to promote their transfers, ranging from beautiful announcement videos to quite strange ways to announce a transfer.
It is relatively new that teams try to make a big splash with their transfer news. In fact, Paul Pogba's return to Manchester United last year that was accompanied by its own social media strategy and #Pogback hashtag marked the beginning of clubs eyeing new ways to announce incoming players, managers and kit deals.
2017-18 Summer Transfer Window - Player Announcement Videos
Liverpool x Salah
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) June 22, 2017
No football to talk about in the summer, so Liverpool fans bombarded the club on social media to finally announce the pending Salah transfer. When the club reached an agreement with the player and AS Roma about the transfer and Salah passed the medical, the club released a great short video to announce the transfer - Salah Announced.
Various clubs were be inspired by Liverpool and released similar videos in the past few weeks.
Manchester City x Benjamin Mendy
“Manchester has changed 🤔🤔🤔 Calm down lol” @benmendy23 #BlueMendy pic.twitter.com/YHQcxkXVbZ
— Manchester City (@ManCity) July 24, 2017
Man City was one club that imitated Liverpool's way to announce a transfer with a short video, even though the Citizens' 'Manchester has changed' video was not so great, to say the least. They soon added a Tweet with a link to the club's website so fans knew that they have signed Benjamin Mendy.
Please welcome @benmendy23 to Manchester City! #BlueMendy https://t.co/ZLY17WNdlS
— Manchester City (@ManCity) July 24, 2017
Everton x Sandro
👀 | It's that time again... pic.twitter.com/DlrGSc2MJW
— Everton (@Everton) July 3, 2017
From Malaga to Liverpool, Everton's video to announce the transfer of Sandro shows how the player is picked up from the airport.
Wolfsburg x Gomez
Willkommen, neue Nummer 33: @Mario_Gomez verstärkt die Wölfe! https://t.co/EJJd6WPbiJ pic.twitter.com/RQNmCLzVF1
— VfL Wolfsburg (@VfL_Wolfsburg) August 17, 2016
A transfer that was made last year is Wolfsburg's signing of Mario Gomez, the club's new number 33.
Sevilla x Navas
¡¡¡Es nuestro!!! https://t.co/sTUFTfcyvS
— Sevilla Fútbol Club (@SevillaFC) August 1, 2017
Sevilla put the game to the next level with the announcement of the Navas deal by releasing a short and dramatic video titled '¡¡¡Es nuestro!!! (It's our!).
Liverpool x Andy Robertson
Welcome to Liverpool, Andy! 🔴
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) July 21, 2017
✍ https://t.co/v44wzVwSJq pic.twitter.com/edKuVscoco
Not as important as the Salah deal, Liverpool's video to announce the signing of Andy Robertson from Hull City reminds us of video games such as PES and GTA.
PSG x Neymar
Paris Saint-Germain kept it quite traditional with the way to announce the Neymar deal. They had no picture of him wearing a PSG shirt yet (for whatever reason...), so they photoshopped one of him wearing the PSG kit. The only mistake was that the picture shows him wearing Nike Magista boots despite Nike jut having released the Brazilian's first-ever Mercurial signature boot.
Sevilla x Nolito
Sevilla's Photoshop of Nolito celebrating a goal is kinda bad with wrongly sized and bad-adjusted logos. We don't want to analyze it further and just present Barcelona's Nelson Semedo's Photoshop to show it is done.
Share your thoughts in the comments below.
We'll go wild, wild, wild... 🎶 pic.twitter.com/JljASfbhEz
— Swansea City AFC (@SwansOfficial) August 31, 2017
— Swansea City AFC (@SwansOfficial) August 31, 2017
6 Official Pictures: Manchester United 26-27 Away Kit Leaked - Shirt + Shorts
We have six official images of the new Adidas Manchester United 26-27 away kit, showing the replica men's version and the kids' shorts.
The shirt features a blue and red color scheme inspired by the club's classic 1988 away kit and the nearby River Irwell. The official launch of the Manchester United 26-27 away kit is expected to take place on July 22.
Al Hilal 26-27 Home Kit Leaked - 2 New Images
Two new images of the Al Hilal 26-27 home kit have been leaked, shared by kit account @MidanAlAtqam and originally posted by @hilalstuff, following up on initial leaks from earlier this year.
Ajax 26-27 Away Kit + Lifestyle Jersey Leaked
The Adidas Ajax 26-27 lifestyle away jersey has been spotted for sale. It is set to be released together with the 26-27 away kit.
Barcelona 26-27 Away Kit Leaked - 7 New Images
We have been sent seven new images of the Nike Barcelona 26-27 away kit. The official presentation will take place on Friday, July 24, at all Barça Stores, with a worldwide sales launch scheduled for July 31 across all retail outlets.
Unai Simón Forced to Modify Gloves at 2026 World Cup
During Spain vs Belgium, the Spanish goalkeeper played in a modified pair of Reusch gloves, with the brand's signature "R" logo completely removed. This adjustment was made to meet strict FIFA rules. Big thanks to @jerseystory_vn for spotting this interesting detail.
According to section 18.4.1 of the FIFA Equipment Regulations, a manufacturer's logo on goalkeeper gloves must not exceed 20cm² and can only appear once. Because the full "Reusch" text logo was already printed on the index finger, the additional "R" logo on the back had to be removed.
However, likely due to a referee oversight, Simón still managed to play with his original, unmodified gloves - featuring both logos, during Spain's final group stage match against Uruguay.
Alongside Unai Simón, several other high-profile goalkeepers, including Álisson Becker and Gregor Kobel, are also wearing similar Reusch gloves at the 2026 World Cup.






