Premier League take decision after controversial Tottenham post causes uproar

The Premier League have moved to delete one of its social media posts after it prompted widespread criticism for causing a pile-on

The Premier League have deleted a post involving Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario from its social media platforms after it sparked widespread criticism including from the club itself.

Spurs are having a tough enough time of it as it is as they languish in 16th place in the Premier League table and have lost both matches under interim head coach Igor Tudor since Thomas Frank was sacked, meaning the north London club remain without a league victory in 2026.

Tudor's two matches in charge have brought controversial refereeing decisions over goals given or taken away for moments deemed or not to be involving pushing. Randal Kolo Muani's effort against Arsenal last week was ruled out for the merest of touches from the Frenchman on Gabriel's back while at Fulham on Sunday, Harry Wilson's goal stood despite Spurs defender Radu Dragusin appearing to be pushed out of the way of the ball by Raul Jimenez as he attempted to head it.

So with Spurs fans raging at the inconsistency of Premier League referees, they were left surprised on Sunday evening when the competition's own social media channels ran a video of a Vicario free-kick hit long into a channel of the pitch where nobody had ran. It had the caption "Just how the play was drawn up" while the video had the words on it "An interesting free-kick from Vicario" with a laughing emoji before the word "whoops" and another laughing emoji.

On X (formerly Twitter) alone, the post was viewed just under half a million times with the Premier League account having around 45million followers. The Premier League's TikTok account, which has just under 25million followers, is also said to have posted the clip.

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It encouraged somewhat of a pile-on for Vicario, who has struggled with his kicking at times since joining Tottenham, and it came on the same day that the Premier League social media accounts had posted ahead of the game Vicario's miskick earlier in the season against Fulham that led to Wilson's goal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

That was simply a highlight of a goal but the later post seemed more out of keeping with the tone of the league's account and it provoked widespread criticism from Spurs fans and sections of the media, seeming at odds with the Premier League's own messages during the season about player welfare and mental health.

football.london understands that Tottenham also got in touch with the Premier League at various levels about how poor the social media post was from an account that is meant to be the voice of the league, and that a league should not be mocking its own teams nor players.

On Monday morning, the post was deleted from across the Premier League's various social media accounts. The Premier League has been approached for comment.

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