Spanish youngster misses out on big transfer after insulting his new club… three years ago

Have you ever been in trouble at work over something you said on social media? Well, this is worse.

Like most 20-year-olds, Spanish footballer Julio Rey has said some embarrassing things on Twitter. So maybe he should have had a quick scan through his account before agreeing to join Deportivo La Coruna. He should have known that these days football clubs go through the social media accounts of their new signings in order to delete any questionable material. Unfortunately for Rey, this meant that Deportivo officials found this gem from 2012: For those of you not fluent in Spanish cursing, this basically translates as "F**K DEPOR, F**K RIAZOR"- with Riazor referring to Deportivo's home ground, the Estadio Municipal de Riazor. The club quickly released a statement explaining that they were cancelling Rey's transfer. 'Real Club Deportivo, who announced the signing of Julio Rey in the afternoon after the player signed his contract with the club, have decided to cancel the transfer after analysing an unfortunate comment on the player’s person social media profile several years ago. [Deportivo] believes that a player deserves to wear the blue and white shirt if he’s an example of sportsmanship, respectful of their rivals, committed and has positive feelings toward Depor, it’s colours, it’s crest and those values that represent this institution.' It sounds like the only person Julio Rey f**ked was himself.