Mike Dean has worked long and hard to foster his reputation as English football’s most… shall we say… ‘flamboyant’ referee.
Indeed, right from the early days, Dean has fully devoted himself to the pageantry of top-level officiating, with his ostentatious mannerisms and intrinsic sense of drama quickly becoming woven into the very fabric of the game…
Of course, with the world watching, Dean was on top form in the minutes before kick-off before last night’s EFL Cup derby between Manchesters United and City, with the cameras catching the referee’s referee having a good old noseful of one of his assistants…
WATCH: Mike Dean makes his final check before Man United v Man City 😂 https://t.co/vNNUI9Ql68 https://t.co/Qjkx5P22ph
— Sky Football ⚽️ (@SkyFootball) October 26, 2016
You turn up wearing Lynx Africa, you pay the price.
Everybody knows the Deanster is more of an Apollo man these days.