Thiago has been wearing his socks by his ankles since Jack Grealish was on loan in League One – but many England fans on social media thought the Spanish legend was copying the Aston Villa man when they saw Liverpool’s midfielder at the Euros!
Below are a load of tweets about the subject – which are like saying Antonín Panenka copied Jorginho with his penalty technique!
Someone tell Thiago to pull his socks up and have some respect for Grealish
— CrøydönKDB (@LiamFOfficial) June 14, 2021
Thiago at 34 wearing his socks like Grealish and stinking the place out. Goodness me
— Phil O’Siffy (@unitedbobo1) June 14, 2021
Thiago got on ankle socks thinking he going to ball out like Grealish, go away you bum
— Dios Mio (@Farda_Alphonso) June 14, 2021
As this picture below proves however, Thiago was doing it first!
He's been doing it since Grealish was in League 2 mate, I doubt he's copying some bozo with a fash haircut https://t.co/q371x6aEkf pic.twitter.com/HUC8eLqEZz
— Jay ☭ (@ScouseCommie) June 14, 2021
Neither brilliant playmaker started for either England or Spain respectively in the opening Group Stage games, which says a lot about the pragmatism of international managers.
Grealish is England’s most exciting player, and Thiago – well – in our opinion is one of the best midfielders on the planet and in a different league to Koke – who played instead.