Spurs’ new signing Matt Doherty had to confront embarrassing tweets he made about his love for their London rivals Arsenal
Matt Doherty is talking about tweets. The ones from 2012 and 2013 when he declares his everlasting love for Arsenal. “I wasn’t even young,” says Tottenham’s summer signing from Wolves. “I wasn’t even, like, 12 so I can’t even say: ‘Ah, well, I was only 12 so I didn’t know what I was saying.’ So, yeah, it was a bit embarrassing.”
How to deal with the skeleton in the virtual closet, wondered Spurs and their social media team? Head-on, was the verdict and so came Doherty’s announcement video where he looks sheepish and clasps his hands as he rereads the tweets before deleting them. He finishes by nodding and tapping the cockerel on his new Spurs shirt.
