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AS Roma’s quirky transfer announcement tweets continue to rule the internet

The mixture of poor photoshopping skills and understatedly brilliant captions have, unsurprisingly, made the post go viral. 

AS Roma’s quirky transfer announcement tweets continue to rule the internet

Roma defender Davide Santon (Photo: AS Roma/Twitter)

It seems the admins of AS Roma’s Twitter (English) account can’t stop their trend of announcing players’ transfers via poor attempts at photoshop and Davide Santon got the same treatment, much to the delight of all football fans.

Santon, who has played for Inter Milan (twice) and Newcastle United, arrived in Rome as a part of a multi-player swap deal between the Nerazurri and the Giallorossi.

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Nicolo Zaniolo and Santon joined last season’s UEFA Champions League semi-finalists, while Radja Nainggolan went the other way.

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Roma’s announcement of Santon, however, took the cake:

The mixture of deliberately poor photoshopping skills and understatedly brilliant captions have, unsurprisingly, made the post go viral.

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Eusebio Di Francesco’s men have been busy in the summer, making a flurry of signings. Their transfer activity has largely gone unnoticed due to a certain tournament taking place in Russia, but it shows real intent.

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Juventus have long been the dominant side in Italian football, but if the likes of Roma, Inter Milan, Napoli and AC Milan can shore up their respective sides before the next campaign begins, the Bianconeri’s hegemony might just come to an end.

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