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West Ham chairman David Gold commits huge new gaffe
WEST HAM chairman David Gold has committed another Twitter blunder after he retweeted a post from a fan making a missing person appeal - for their £7million summer signing.
Michail Antonio in his only appearance for West Ham
The joke tweet from a supporter featured the picture of Michail Antonio, who has played just 30 minutes of first-team football for the Hammers since joining on deadline day from Nottingham Forest.
Clearly Gold failed to recognise the winger from the image and has since deleted the retweet.
Proof of David Gold's error
But that hasn’t stopped fans mocking Gold’s ineptitude.
Why does David Gold get mugged off on Twitter so often ????????????????????????
— Döug (@IamDougAllen) November 5, 2015
@davidgold pic.twitter.com/rblbymgwS3
— Dare To Rahman (@SayemIRahman) November 4, 2015
I can't believe how much of a muppet David Gold is ??????
— Matt (@Mateehhh) November 4, 2015
David Gold can't even recognise Antonio!! ?????????????????? im completely done.
— Albion Baker (@Albion_Baker) November 4, 2015
Gold’s gaffe follows a tweet in the summer where he welcomed another summer signing Pedro Obiang with a picture of Angelo Ogbonna, who had arrived earlier in the transfer window.
The 79-year-old was also caught out when Twitter users found a tweet from January 2013 saying Joey Barton, who came close to signing for the club, "has a problem and should seek help".