As you’ve no doubt heard, David De Gea’s move to Real Madrid collapsed last night thanks to an administrative error that caused the registration documents to be filed after the Spanish transfer deadline.
The net result was three months of negotiations going down the tubes. Thankfully, however, Twitter was on hand to react with its usual levels of compassion and sensitivity…
“I put .hotmail instead of .gmail”
Puse hotmail en vez de gmail pic.twitter.com/abx7cZh9HE
— ⚡ Petrøvić ⚡ (@Zidanismo_) August 31, 2015
Here’s GIF-master general @OllyRamone on the perils of conducting your transfer business via Ebay sniping (just press play)…
How Real Madrid missed out on David de Gea.. summed up in a GIF pic.twitter.com/zDINkznZ3k (by @OllyRamone) — Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) September 1, 2015
After file error derails De Gea transfer, Man Utd reveal his new squad number. #DeadlineDay #AllTheFootball pic.twitter.com/hs2PtED2Kq
— Virgin Media (@virginmedia) September 1, 2015
Obviously doesn’t work that well… pic.twitter.com/7Wnyn7eK4n
— TheSPORTbible (@TSBible) August 31, 2015
Six years late but Fergie finally sold Madrid that virus. — Alex Shaw (@AlexShawESPN) August 31, 2015
Obligatory Simpsons GIF: “De Gea trying to leave United”
De Gea tratando de irse del United pic.twitter.com/aifsXU0kYp
— Bullying Futbol (@BullyingFutbol) August 31, 2015
“Rafa Benitez trying to open the De Gea file”
Rafa Benítez tratando de abrir el documento de De Gea https://t.co/Y9lZodYco9
— No Memes Fútbol (@NoMemesFutbol) August 31, 2015
Ed Woodward ‘sending over’ the David de Gea paperwork… #MUFC pic.twitter.com/Vhr9bvJW6C
— Patrick (Pa) Ward (@Pa_Ward1) August 31, 2015
When Ed Woodward suggests to you that the #DeGea deal could be off if you don’t get the paperwork done on time… https://t.co/jkPc3E0Y7c
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) August 31, 2015
What a friggin’ palaver.