In this day and age, there’s a real appetite for footballer-related news.
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 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.
The most important news of the past transfer deadline, lucky me. pic.twitter.com/HpavyDzbXb
— Memphis Depay (@Memphis) February 2, 2016