Twitter have apologised after Manchester United complained about a tweet which appeared to poke fun at Phil Jones.
The social media’s UK account tweeted on Tuesday: ‘Name a footballer better than Phil Jones’.
Their post was widely interpreted as a distasteful attempt at humour given that Jones has been subject to some unsavoury remarks over his appearance during matches.
A number of users complained about the tweet, with Twitter criticised in the past for failing to tackling bullying and abusive messaging on their platform.
And it is also understood that unimpressed officials at Old Trafford were moved to get in touch.
Twitter has introduced a new feature, aimed at tackling bullying, which allows users to select who can reply to a tweet. And, ironically, it claimed it was ‘showcasing’ the new service with the Jones tweet when contacted by Sportsmail.
A Twitter spokesperson said: ‘Our aim was to showcase our new product feature, conversation controls, which allows you to select who can reply to a Tweet.
'It was not our intention to cause upset and once we realised our mistake, we immediately deleted the Tweet.'
tabembi
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Phil Jones need to be use for Covid 19 advertisement
luckyworstnightmar
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Twitter : Name a better player then Jones Me : Lingard Man utd fans : 😠😠😠
KingJerryTheGreat
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He's really faced alot of critics. And he's still one of the best CB we've in EPL. Maybe they hate him because he's the best CB ever.....😏👍👍
Woeemnopz
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yeah
KingJerryTheGreat
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Why would ManU complain when they know very well Phil Jones is one of the best football has ever had. No player can be above him, FACTS.....
fizzbizzie
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He's really faced alot of critics. And he's still one of the best CB we've in EPL. Maybe they hate him because he's the best CB ever.....😏👍👍
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he has forged a far better career than you can dream of.. has won titles.. has played over 300 games...