Manchester United definitely lifted three trophies this season.
They got their hands on the much-coveted Community Shield last August before the definitely-not-Mickey-Mouse EFL Cup arrived in February.
Wednesday night saw Jose Mourinho’s side complete the – dare we say it – treble by defeating Ajax in the Europa League final.
It may not match up to United’s *slightly* more impressive treble of the 1998/99 season but it’s certainly up there.
Trebles are trebles where we’re from and Mourinho seems to be of a similar belief because he made a very specific gesture to his players at the trophy presentation in Stockholm this week.
Just before the United squad was about to erupt in ecstasy, the manager ordered them to hold their horses as he had a plan.
Arch Mourinho. Directing team to raise three fingers, forcing newspapers to celebrate United's "treble" on their back pages pic.twitter.com/pFMJAoek7t
— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) May 24, 2017
The Portuguese suggested that everyone should hold up three fingers for the fleet of photographers, presumably to remind everyone that he had guided the Red Devils to three trophies in his debut season in charge.
It’s definitely a treble, guys.
Unfortunately, rival supporters saw it as a very different kind of treble as they took to social media after the game.
https://twitter.com/JWCW29/status/867480808071757825
Congratulations to Manchester United on being the only team to win the tinpot treble
— CarefreeLewisG🇪🇹📸 (@CarefreeLewisG) May 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/TheCharIieOne/status/867483355834572800
https://twitter.com/KineticKeita/status/867484796662026242
It's just a "tinpot treble" guys. Chill.
— Ikhwan (@nurikhwanidris) May 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/NotClayMerritt/status/867521357961146368
Dead at Man United celebrating their tinpot treble. Community Shield you know pic.twitter.com/yXwurNmzmX
— Rafe Clarke (@rafeclarkevika) May 25, 2017
