Xi Jinping, David Cameron, and … Sergio Aguero. What the heck?
China’s president looks like a real human being. David Cameron looks like he has FOMO. Forget “selfie of the year,” which many have proclaimed. This is a Picture of the Year candidate, and it was taken by an Argentine footballer.
The backstory is that Xi Jinping is visiting Manchester as part of his UK tour, where he’ll talk about capital investments and direct flights from Beijing to Manchester. But who cares. Look at this!:
.@aguerosergiokun: “Thank you for the selfie, President Xi” 感谢能与您自拍，习主席！#CFAStateVisit pic.twitter.com/4du2zIaacY
— Manchester City FC (@MCFC) October 23, 2015
That thick, healthy, oil black mane of man hair! Mr Xi is truly a worthy dictator of his people…
Despite Xi being a Man U fan (ha) the visit to Man City was because Sun Jihai, a former City player (before they got bought out/when they flirted with relegation each season), was the first Chinese footballer to play in the Premier League and is the China ambassador for the club. He was also inducted into some Football Hall of Fame in time with Xi’s visit… hm.
Sorry to be pedantic, but Li Tie was the first Chinese footballer to play in the Premier League. Sun Jihai was the first to score
Ah! Touche indeed good sir. I remember Li Tie – part of that Everton team that had the Mitchell Brothers of Lee Carsley and Thomas Gravesen bossing it in midfield, ha.