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15th Jul 2016

People are loving Gary Lineker’s very x-rated tweet about N’Golo Kante leaving Leicester

Cripes!

Nooruddean Choudry

A bit of blue for the dads.

Chelsea are on the verge of one of the most significant signings of the summer. N’Golo Kanté is heading to Stamford Bridge in a deal worth just over £30m – and the Blues are getting one of the best midfielders of his kind in Europe for their money.

Leicester City are loathed to let him go, but credit to them, they weren’t going to stand in his way once he made it clear that he sought a fresh challenge elsewhere. He will always be remembered as a legend in the East Midlands for what he achieved whilst he was there.

As the Foxes’ most famous supporter, Gary Lineker was keen to express his gratitude to the Frenchman for all his efforts in securing them the Premier League title last season. It was a very gracious and heartfelt sentiment…

But that was after Lineker had used some very salty language indeed – and all for the sake of a pun. His initial response to Kante linking up with Antonio Conte at Chelsea was a play on words that would make Caligula blush…

It came as quite a shock to most of his near 5 million followers. Such was the surprise that many even forgot to use the prerequisite ‘shat’ in their responses. But like naughty school children hearing a teacher swear for the first time, most revelled in the mucky mirth-making…

https://twitter.com/Noonatron/status/754026079174725633

https://twitter.com/Lil_Magician10/status/754026861517271040


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