Paul Gardiner, an Arsenal supporting father, fabricated an official looking letter from Arsenal, to convince his son to remain a Gooner. Gardiner’s young son, Charlie, expressed a desire to switch allegiances to Liverpool and Manchester City, which lead to the Arsenal fan’s desperate corrective action.
According to the Metro, Gardiner, experienced every football fan’s worst nightmare, as his son Charlie, in an apparent desire to mimic his friends, was close to becoming a Liverpool or Manchester City fan. Instead of preparing a future speech to disown him, Gardiner went down an ingenious route, writing a letter signed by Arsene Wenger and Alexis Sanchez, his son’s favourite player, complete with an ‘official’ letterhead and images of Wenger’s and Alexis’ signatures.
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Here’s the full text of Paul’s ‘letter’ “
Dear Charlie,
I spoke to your dad this morning and was upset to learn you want to support Liverpool FC & Manchester City FC like your friends.
Both myself and the players, especially Alexis Sanchez who I know is your favourite player love having you as an Arsenal supporter and hope you carry on supporting us for many years along with your Daddy.
We hope we can the league & FA Cup this year, we are currently top of the league and as I am sure you know, we have won the FA Cup in the last 2 years. Why would you want to support Liverpool – a club who haven’t won anything for many years?
I have told your daddy to bring you and your sister Evie to watch a game at Arsenal soon, Alexis has told me he can’t wait for you to see him play and he will try to score lots of goals for you.
Listen to your daddy when he says Arsenal is the best – he is right!
We look forward to having you at Arsenal very soon.
Kind regards,
Arsene Wenger & Alexis Sanchez.
The ruse seems to have worked, as Paul came home last night to a Arsenal-themed tribute from Charlie. Speaking to the Metro, Paul said, “I came home last night and he had made a I love Arsenal picture. Mission accomplished!”
With Arsenal above Liverpool and Manchester City in the table, Charlie might just be grateful to his father for his ‘guidance’.
