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By SAM BROOKES Published: 21: 37 AEDT, 1 April 2025 | Updated: 21: 37 AEDT, 1 April 2025 10 View comments April Fools' Day jokes dominated social media on Tuesday morning, with some fans taking the opportunity to poke fun at Manchester United. It has been a dire season for the Red Devils, who currently find themselves down in 13th place in the Premier League table. They look set to miss out on European football altogether, and have not come close to winning the Champions League since losing in the final to Barcelona back in 2011. With this in mind, they did not meet the criteria to compete in this summer's expanded Club World Cup, but one X account joked on Tuesday morning that they'd received a late call-up. The account named @Foot Rankings, stated: 'BREAKING: Manchester United will play at the 2025 Club World Cup instead of kicked out Club León! 'Manchester United will be placed instead of Club León in Group D, with Flamengo and Chelsea! One X account joked that Man United had received a late call-up to the Club World Cup The account was poking fun at Ruben Amorim's team who are 13th in the Premier League Talk SPORT presenter Jason Cundy (pictured) was caught out by a fake report that promoted clubs could be given a three-point head-start in the Premier League next season 'Manchester United secured their place due to number of global fans! ' It was announced last week that Leon had been kicked out of the competition due to breaching FIFA's regulations surrounding multi-club ownership. However, United are not in the running to replace them. Meanwhile, talk SPORT presenter Jason Cundy was caught out by an April Fools' joke that claimed the three teams promoted to the Premier League will receive a three-point head-start next season. All three promoted clubs were relegated last term, and the same looks likely to happen this season, with Ipswich, Leicester and Southampton currently occupying the bottom three places. A fake report suggested the sides that come up could be given a helping hand before a ball is even kicked, which drew a furious reaction from Cundy. 'I'm sorry, there's no way they'll get this over the line, ' he said. 'There's no way the Premier League teams will vote for this. Absolutely no way. 'There'll be court cases everywhere. You're not going to hear the end of that one. ' He was speaking to The Guardian's football journalist Jamie Jackson, who just about managed to keep a straight face during Cundy's rant. Ex-footballer and TV personality Chris Kamara joked that he had found his long-lost sister Kamara reunited with close friend Jeff Stelling on Amazon Prime Video amid his battle with speech apraxia, and appears to be in good spirits Popular ex-footballer and TV personality Chris Kamara also got in on the act as he took to X with some 'incredible news'. Alongside a photo that looked suspiciously like himself with girl's hair, Kamara wrote to his followers: 'Wow, some incredible news. Just found out after all these years that I have sister! !! She is called April, first I’ve heard of it. Who do you think you are, coming to our screens very soon on ITV. ' Kamara's joke comes just months after he made his return to TV amid his battle with speech apraxia. Kamara had been out of the spotlight due to the neurological disorder that affects the brain pathways involved in producing speech. But he made his comeback to cover Nottingham Forest's 1-0 win over Tottenham on Boxing Day, as he reunited with old friend Jeff Stelling on Amazon Prime Video. Over three months on, he appears to still be in good spirits, although it seems unlikely that his joke will have caught out many fans this time around.
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