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21st Apr 2013

Video: Shinji Kagawa stars in utterly bizarre ad on Japanese TV

We are well used to footballers appearing in strange TV ads, but Shinji Kagawa stars alongside a talking dolphin and goalscoring dog.

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We are well used to footballers appearing in strange TV ads, but Shinji Kagawa stars alongside a talking dolphin and goalscoring dog.

By Declan Whooley

For some reason, there seems to be an unwritten rule that if a footballer appears in an ad, it must be a) cringeworthy or b) ridiculous. This Japanese advert for Sotfbank, a telecommunications and Internet company, falls into the latter category.

In the ad, the United stalwart is struggling with his shooting (obviously filmed before his hat-trick against Norwich City), but other issues are playing on his mind.

Those being why his dad is a dolphin and why is uncle has been transformed into a goal scoring dog. No wonder he looked confused.

Hat-tip to 101gretagoals for the video.

 

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