Premier League Removes Mocking Vicario Post After Tottenham Complaint

The Premier League has quietly scrubbed a post from its X account that took aim at Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario, after the north London club objected to what amounted to official mockery of one of their players.

The offending clip showed Vicario launching a free-kick from his own half straight into touch during Spurs' 2-1 loss to Fulham. The Premier League's original caption read "Just how the play was drawn up" – a dig that accumulated half a million views before vanishing from the timeline following reports that Tottenham had requested its removal.

Additional captions accompanying the video included "An interesting free-kick from Vicario" with a laughing emoji, before the particularly pointed addition of "whoops" and another emoji as the footage cut to Igor Tudor's reaction on the Fulham touchline.

The incident has raised eyebrows about the appropriateness of the league's official social media account using its platform to publicly ridicule individual players. It's one thing for rival fans or pundits to have a laugh at Tottenham's expense – a privilege they've arguably earned through recent performances – but quite another for the Premier League itself to join the pile-on.

The broader context makes the post's deletion even more pointed. Tottenham's capitulation to Fulham provided ample material for those inclined to mock, and the club has become something of a universal punchline in recent weeks. That the Premier League felt emboldened enough to wade into the fray speaks volumes about quite how far Spurs' stock has fallen under their current regime.

Whether the league should be in the business of denigrating clubs and players remains debatable, but the fact that they thought they could get away with it – and that it took a formal complaint to make them think twice – tells you everything you need to know about Tottenham's current standing in English football.