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Published 21:25 28 Jul 2016 BST
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It's a lovely message, showing that while de Jong may ply his trade elsewhere, his heart still lies in Manchester.
There's just one thing.
Nigel de Jong didn't win the Premier League in 2011.
Manchester United did.
It was kind of a big deal too, what with it being United's 19th title, tying them with Liverpool for most English top flight successes.
Look, see?
So while we don't want to be all *pushes glasses up nose* "Well actually...", we'll let this Manchester City fan do it for us.
https://twitter.com/Pennington84/status/758741633005264897
Like we said, getting your dates confused at work happens. Nigel went on to fix his error, tweeting (twice!) a the image with the correct date of City's title win in 2012.
https://twitter.com/NDJ_Official/status/758743078073094144
Problem solved.
Only when you add it to Fernando confusing his Capital One Cup win with the FA Cup earlier this summer, it begs the question: why can't Manchester City players get their facts right?
Maybe they need more help proof reading their tweets. They simply shouldn't be making these mitsakes.
#TBT with caution.

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