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Theo Walcott as an Angry Bird is the most brilliant / disturbing thing you’ll see today

Published 12:01 22 Aug 2018 BST

Simon Lloyd
Theo Walcott as an Angry Bird is the most brilliant / disturbing thing you’ll see today

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Admit it. You've often found yourself lying awake at night wondering what Theo Walcott would look like as an Angry Bird.

Good news, then. Thanks to Everton's partnership with the Rovio Entertainment video game, Walcott is one of three players who appear to have been made into Angry Birds. Great news. A tweet from Everton, who agreed a deal for Angry Birds to become their first ever sleeve partner last season, revealed that Walcott - along with teammates Gylfi Sigurdsson and Cenk Tosun - had become the first ever footballers to feature in the game. Brace yourselves... https://twitter.com/Everton/status/1032193419538513923 Pretty spectacular, we're sure you agree. Although this is something that's almost certainly aimed at younger football fans, it's certainly managed to spark quite a reaction with older supporters. Walcott's involvement is of particular interest. Once regarded as the brightest prospect in English football, some appear amused by the fact he's now ended up as an Angry Bird... https://twitter.com/IbnAnakin/status/1032206554106347521 The above-beak positioning of the Walcott bird's facial hair (birds have facial hair?) has also caused a fair bit of debate. https://twitter.com/AllanSmith80/status/1032211997562163200 https://twitter.com/BeardedGenius/status/1032203089925861376 And then there's the fact that it looks a bit like the general manager of a Slough-based branch of Wernham-Hogg paper merchants... https://twitter.com/stephendarwin/status/1032201151842844672 Modern football, eh? Absolutely fantastic. https://twitter.com/mazzajfairbanks/status/1032210535721394176 https://twitter.com/Sam__Carp/status/1032203374815522816 https://twitter.com/MrSammyJames/status/1032201365941100544 Walcott - the non-Angry Bird version - was on the scoresheet for Everton as they beat his former club Southampton at the weekend. The 29-year-old opened the scoring in the game, helping Marco Silva's side to a 2-1 victory.    

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Theo Walcott as an Angry Bird is the most brilliant / disturbing thing you'll see today