In this day and age, there's a real appetite for footballer-related news. You may have noticed.
This extends way beyond the realms of how they played in their last game and transfer gossip, as highlighted by this tweet from Manchester United's mis-firing winger Memphis Depay.
The Dutch winger's trip to the supermarket, where he bought toilet paper, water and Capri Sun, was the subject of a story in the Daily Mail on Deadline Day.
Having seen the headline, Depay tweeted an image of it, sarcastically remarking how fortunate he felt to be at the centre of such 'important' news.
https://twitter.com/Memphis/status/694454119759757312
Probably just as well they didn't hone in on the man-servant he has pushing his trolley.
Whoever he is he could probably start giving Memphis a bit of a dig out on a Saturday afternoon.
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