Social Shots: Bizarre kit launch; Pulis’ next job; worst prediction ever

Southampton push the boundaries of the kit launch genre, Tony Pulis prepares for a surprise appointment, and a terrible prediction is unearthed – all in Social Shots.

In our new regular feature, we take a look at the best social media posts from across the world of football in the past 24 hours. Football and social media can go hand in hand, but not everyone gets it right. Here, we celebrate those that do, highlighting the posts that have made us chuckle, the videos of wonder goals that we’ve just had to watch again, or just anything we felt simply had to be shared….

 

Antonio Pulis

Time to brush up on the Italian, Pulis?

 

Midfield maestros

The Sean Longstaff to Man Utd reports took everyone by surprise…

 

De Ligt, De Leader

What a player. What a leader. 19-year-old Matthijs De Ligt.

 

Tadic goes crazy

Things all seemed fairly normal… and then Dusan Tadic got a bit carried away in Ajax’s celebrations.

Bet he’s missing life at Southampton.

 

Crackers kit launch

Speaking of whom… The Saints have taken kit launches to a whole new level with this parody of the Fyre music festival.

 

WilFiji Zaha

With Wilfried Zaha ready to leave Selhurst Park, it’s going to be a long summer for one Crystal Palace blogger…

 

Gosling returns

Almost a decade on since he left Everton in controversial circumstances, Bournemouth’s Dan Gosling was kitted out in an interesting outfit for his stag do.

 

Ibe don’t believe it

Good call, John.

 

It’s a long shot

Spare a thought for the person who wasted a lot of time working this out.

Really. This isn’t a thing.

 

On this day…

Arsenal are currently preparing for their Europa League final with Chelsea, but this won’t bring back good memories. Their last European final ended in a painful defeat to Barcelona in the Champions League.