The Premier League’s official X account has deleted a post which mocked Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario following conversations between the League and the club.
The League shared the clip of Vicario hoofing a free-kick from his own half straight out of play during Spurs’ 2-1 defeat at Fulham on Sunday, accompanied by the caption: ‘Just how the play was drawn up’.
The video itself included additional captions, reading ‘An interesting free-kick from Vicario’ along with a laughing emoji, before the word ‘whoops’ and another laughing emoji, as the video cut to Spurs’ head coach Igor Tudor on the touchline.
According to reports, the Premier League deleted the post following a complaint from the club. Spurs did not respond when asked for comment by The Athletic.
The post had been viewed just under half a million times on X, where the Premier League’s official account has nearly 45 million followers, before it was deleted. It was initially posted by the League on TikTok, from which it has also been deleted.
The post led to criticism of Vicario from users on X, as well as frustration from some Spurs fans at the Premier League’s decision.
The defeat at Craven Cottage was Spurs’ tenth league game without win, and leaves them four points above the bottom three with 10 games to play.