APArsenal fans weren’t happy with their summer spending (yeah, sounds familiar to us too), but when their fans heard the club were set to finalise a deal for a 16 year old superstar to rival Anthony Martial, they reacted in style.
Said kid, Rex Secco, quickly started to trend on Twitter, because one, he’s 16 and worth that much cash, and two, it’s Arsenal.
There was just one catch – the player doesn’t exist. At all – yet some fans fell hook, line and sinker.
Arsenal paying £34 million for Rex Secco a 16 year old no one has ever heard off!!
— Dom Thompson (@DPJThompson) September 6, 2015
Secco is entirely made up, yet seemed to get a plethora of tweets about him, his stats, comparisons with other players and even some footage thrown in there too.
It was Twitter at its finest, and here are the best tweets of the bunch.
This goal quickly started to do the rounds as one of Secco’s best…
TEKKERS: Arsenal's new £34 million 16 year-old signing Rex Secco with a class finish.https://t.co/gDLaiYaeKz
— SPORF (@Sporf) September 6, 2015
Martial or Secco, that’s the question…
Rex Secco for £32 million is better than £36 million for Martial any day
— JG (@HighburyJoe) September 6, 2015
Arsenal is said to be in the final stages of securing a deal for 16 year old Rex Secco, for a fee believed to be £34m pic.twitter.com/GF6CEQLRkH
— Football Jokes (@LaughingFooty) September 6, 2015
People even started to troll Arsenal for paying so much money…
Rex secco?? Anyone? #arsenal
— Gareth Roberts (@_GazRoberts) September 5, 2015
LOOOOL Is it true arsenal have paid £34 million for a 16 year old called Rex Secco ??? that club is definition of banter
— CHAMPIONS OF ENGLAND (@Albzino) September 6, 2015
lol #AFC who's Rex secco?!
— Finesse Singh (@gmann_0121) September 5, 2015
Dear Freshers:
Rex Secco is signing for Arsenal for £34 million. After Freshers week you won't have £34 in your bank
— Dear Freshers (@Dear_Freshers) September 6, 2015
It’s not a big signing without a stats comparison…
COMPARISON: Arsenal new signing 16 year-old Rex Secco vs Diego Costa. pic.twitter.com/UsrQM6qYwi
— SPORF (@Sporf) September 6, 2015
Pretty much…
When you see made-up footballer Rex Secco, being bought for a made-up figure of £34m, is trending on Twitter… pic.twitter.com/ZlwtZEjtEa
— bet365 (@bet365) September 6, 2015
They say if you pronounce Rex Secco slowly, it sounds like gullible.
— back again (@FootyHipstar) September 6, 2015
