Accidental clicks on social media are very common, but when it is of someone of influence, it accounts for a hilarious moment. Something similar happened with Aston Villa‘s social media account when they accidentally liked a Twitter post.
Aston Vila’s social media account accidentally liked a user’s post with the caption, “RT if you’d fuck me in latex”. The incident has gone viral on the internet ever since. A football meme page by the name of “Out Of Context Football” posted a screenshot of the same.
Here’s Aston Villa’s accidental click
— Out Of Context Football (@nocontextfooty) October 21, 2022
In the meantime, Aston Villa fired head coach Steven Gerrard after a 3-0 loss at Fulham. The former Liverpool midfielder began the season with six defeats, three draws, and only two wins, prompting the Birmingham-based club to terminate his contract.
Arsenal was one of the teams to defeat Villa earlier this season, defeating them 2-1 in a game in which the scoreline certainly did not tell the story of the dominant Gunners’ victory. The narrative between the two clubs had grown somewhat in recent years, but Villa’s recent plight and the latest rejection have compounded any hopes the club had of surpassing the Gunners.
It was clear that Villa, with significant investment from Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens, who took control in 2018, aimed to reach the elite level. Former head coach Dean Smith stated in June 2021, less than five months before his dismissal, that his conversations with the new club custodians revealed an ambition to reach the level from which Arsenal was falling at the time.
“From my interactions with the owners so far, they are very astute businessmen who have a strategic plan for Aston Villa. Part of that plan is to go and compete with the upper echelons of this league. That’s where they want the club to go, they want to grow the brand of Aston Villa football club all across the world as well. But they are also aware that takes time,” Smith said.
