Twitter reacts as paperwork fiasco leaves De Gea's transfer to Real Madrid in limbo
An outrageous transfer-window oddity took the football world by storm Monday evening, as David De Gea's transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid - which looked for so long like a formality - was not completed because of a reported issue with the paperwork.
Related: Report - Swap deal involving De Gea, Navas falls through after paperwork not filed in time
Given the magnitude of the two teams, the star power of the player involved, and the apparent - and almost unprecedented - ineptitude that caused the deal to fall through, all the ingredients were in place for Twitter to have an absolute field day.
Football fans who frequent the social media site did not disappoint.
If Real Madrid miss out on De Gea, will Benitez's anti-United speech this time be "I want to talk about FAX" ?
— Rob Harris (@RobHarris) August 31, 2015
In defense of those bungling De Gea deal, my son is pushing summer math packet right to deadline too. He also could've been done months ago.
— Andrew Das (@AndrewDasNYT) August 31, 2015
#LaPortada 'Ridículo' pic.twitter.com/zm4WQzECSa
— MARCA (@marca) August 31, 2015
‘I’ll just send you the documents on my invisible typewriter’ #DeGea pic.twitter.com/orVCweYHGZ
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) August 31, 2015
Real Madrid trying to open David De Gea's documents http://t.co/L2xyey8Kqg
— Not Match of the Day (@NOT_MOTD) August 31, 2015
Obviously doesn't work that well... pic.twitter.com/7Wnyn7eK4n
— TheSPORTbible (@TSBible) August 31, 2015
What about the other fella..? #mufc #RMFC pic.twitter.com/DOSU88mwg8
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) August 31, 2015
Keylor Navas arriving in Manchester: pic.twitter.com/iq6BZkjdxn
— Duncan Bishop (@duncanbishop84) August 31, 2015
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