Just days after Ryan Shawcross (and his wife) cleverly responded via Twitter to Diego Costa’s silly body odour insinuations during Stoke’s weekend win against Chelsea, the centre-half has been rewarded for his deodorant product placement with a nice surprise from Dove.
Made sure @Ryanshawy put his deodorant on this evening 🙈🙈🙈 pic.twitter.com/AyJfMi6BmG
— Kath Shawcross (@kathbuckley) November 7, 2015
At a BBC Radio Stoke fans’ event on Wednesday, the 28 year-old, who handled Costa superbly in the Potters’ 1-0 victory, was presented with a year’s supply of deodorant from Dove, who know a marketing opportunity when they see one…
Ryan Shawcross is handed a year’s supply of deodorant, courtesy of @DoveMenCare at tonight’s @BBCRadioStoke Forum pic.twitter.com/3h52xuW95w
— Stoke City FC (@stokecity) November 11, 2015
Nice touch. Although I’m always disappointed when I see multi-milllionaire footballers using the same humdrum products as the likes of us mere mortals. Where’s the glamour?!