‘Absolute GENIUS!’: Fans hail Burnley’s ‘unreal’ video announcing the £12m signing of Lyle Foster… which shows Lord Farquaad from SHREK choosing the striker ahead of Messi and Ronaldo
- Supporters have heaped praise on Burnley’s funny signing announcement video
- The Clarets confirmed the arrival of South African star Lyle Foster on Wednesday
- Burnley revealed the move with a video showing Shrek character Lord Farquaad
Supporters have heaped praise on Burnley’s hilarious announcement video for the signing of striker Lyle Foster.
The Championship leaders confirmed the arrival of South African star Foster from Belgian club Westerlo on Wednesday evening for around £12million, including bonuses.
And the Twitter post revealing the move showed Shrek character Lord Farquaad picking the 22-year-old ahead of global superstars Lionel Messi, of Paris Saint-Germain, and former Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo, now at Al-Nassr.
Fans heaped praise on Burnley’s hilarious video announcing the signing of Lyle Foster (right)
The Championship leader’s Twitter post showed Lord Farquaad from Shrek picking Foster
The viral video, which has already been liked more than 210,000 times and racked up more than 13.8million views in 18 hours, ends with a picture of Foster shaking hands with manager Vincent Kompany and Farquaad saying ‘Foster… he’s perfect.’
And fans quickly took to social media to hail the ‘genius’ announcement.
One said: ‘This is the best announcement I’ve ever seen,’ followed by a cry-laughing emoji.
A second agreed, simply adding: ‘This is the best transfer announcement of all time.’
And supporters quickly took to social media to hail the ‘genius’ announcement
A third continued: ‘Absolute GENIUS! Credit to the marketing team,’ while another tweeted: ’10/10 announcement,’ and a fifth said: ‘Unreal creativity.’
One posted: ‘This announcement video, is the most perfect of them all,’ with a saluting emoji.
The club also announced the January signing of defender Ameen Al-Dakhil with a dubbed Toy Story video.
Burnley are the second-tier’s top scorers with 55 in 28 games, but have build on a position of strength up front, adding 6ft 2ins forward Foster on a…