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West Ham chief David Gold confuses new signing Pedro Obiang with Juventus' Angelo Ogbonna
WEST HAM chief David Gold was caught in a case of mistaken identity when welcoming the club's new signing Pedro Obiang from Sampdoria on Twitter.
David Gold confuses new signing Pedro Obiang for Juventus defender Angelo Ogbonna
The co-chairman tweeted: "I am delighted to announce the signing of 23 year old midfield Pedro Obiang from Sampdoria. Pedro, welcome." which was accompanied by a photo... of Juventus centre-back Angelo Ogbonna.
Upon realising his error, the message was soon removed and replaced with a photograph of Obiang at Upton Park holding a claret-and-blue scarf.
David Gold posts photo of Angelo Ogbonna instead of Pedro Obiang
Gold then added: "I've just spoke to Pedro and he sounded v excited to be here. He promised me that he'd learn to sing Bubbles in less than a month!"
Obiang, a Spain Under-21 midfielder, is the first player to join West Ham since the announcement of Slaven Bilic as the club's new manager yesterday.