Every club has its celebrity fans, with whom their team is synonymous.
West Ham United have Danny Dyer.
Chelsea have Suggs.
Liverpool have Samuel L Jackson.
Arsenal have Jeremy Corbyn.
Manchester United have…Julia Roberts?
We didn’t know about that one either, but the Pretty Woman star was in the crowd for United’s 1-1 draw with West Ham United in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
Julia Roberts is just a girl, sitting in front of a team, asking them to score a goal… pic.twitter.com/ZguxGxGRdj
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) November 27, 2016
Naturally, attention soon turned to whether Roberts was a regular at the Theatre of Dreams.
Whether she spent her younger days watching the likes of Clayton Blackmore and Lee Sharpe tearing it up on the training ground.
Whether she knew about Marcus Rashford before you.
Julia Roberts came to watch Fellaini play
— Nick the Red (@UnitedFever) November 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/Zahra_C13/status/802935987261345793
Julia Roberts in the stands at Old Trafford today.
Maybe Jose wanted to say hello? pic.twitter.com/XvBfsYzmxQ
— ITV Football (@itvfootball) November 27, 2016
But, as is so often the case, it was Henry Winter who had the perfect response right off the bat.
Julia Roberts in the stands. So is Jose Mourinho. That's one for fans of Conspiracy Theory.
— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) November 27, 2016
If the American actress showed up late to the game then she may have missed Diafra Sakho’s quickfire opener for the visitors.
But surely she’ll have been in her seat in time to see Zlatan Ibrahimović draw the hosts level, while she may well have had a very good view of José Mourinho being sent to the stands before half-time.
The result leaves United four points adrift of fifth-placed Tottenham and 11 behind league leaders Chelsea, while West Ham’s point lifts them above Crystal Palace into 16th.
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