LEEDS UNITED have removed a cardboard cut-out of Osama Bin Laden after a fan paid for it to be placed at Elland Road for this weekend’s game with Fulham.
Supporters of the promotion-chasing side were given the opportunity to pay to have their face put on a cut-out and stuck in the stands for Saturday’s clash.
One fan paid for a picture of Osama Bin Laden to be placed on a cardboard cut-out for the game against Fulham
But one appears to have submitted an image of infamous terrorist Bin Laden – with social media divided over the stunt.
One unfortunate fan even realised he’d been placed next to the cut-out of Bin Laden for the game after an image was shared on Twitter.
After spotting the snap, WeAllLoveLeeds wrote, “Holy s*** I’m next to Bin Laden. Jesus wept”, complete with shocked and angry emojis.
Commenting on another user’s post, he continued: “They’ve put me next to bloody Bin Laden!!! Ffs!!”
Comedian David Baddiel lashed out at Leeds after allowing the sick submission to slip through the cracks.
Baddiel tweeted: “What’s amazing about this is that someone at Leeds is educated enough to realise that even a fake crowd should not be entirely white, but not educated enough to know who Osama Bin Laden is.”
The gag definitely appeared to split social media, with one wondering: “I just don’t understand how that has managed to go all the way without anybody noticing it.”
Another attempted to play down the situation, simply calling it: “Yorkshire humour.”
But one Twitter user slammed the club, writing: “Seriously, they need to remove that.”
Another disgruntled fan added: “How can the staff be ok with displaying that regardless if it was paid for?”
A club spokesman told the Mirror that the image had been removed and “checks are in place to ensure there are no more offensive images”.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
