JOAO PALHINHA has been branded “childish” and “petulant” by Fulham fans over a change to his Instagram.
The Portugal midfielder saw a move to Bayern Munich collapse on deadline day.
Palhinha had travelled to Germany for a medical and even posed with a Bayern shirt for an official announcement which never came.
With the two clubs unable to reach an agreement on the £62million transfer before the 5pm German deadline, he was pictured looking glum as he returned to England.
Fulham fans have since spotted a selection of changes to Palhinha’s Instagram account following the deadline day drama.
The 28-year-old changed his profile picture from him in a Fulham kit to a snap of himself playing for Portugal.
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Fans also spotted he had followed Bayern and removed Fulham from his bio.
It had even been alleged earlier on Friday that Palhinha had liked a post from Sky Sports stating he wanted to join Bayern.
Reacting to his Instagram antics, one Fulham fan tweeted: “Palhinha changing his Instagram picture/bio is pretty childish but mostly perplexing to me, what does it actually achieve apart from making him look petulant?
“It’s not like people won’t understand his disappointment & he surely best to maintain his image if he wants a Jan move?”
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Another also wrote: “Giving him benefit of the doubt as we’re drifting into international weekend but…”
Although he is understood to have flown back to England on Friday night, Palhinha is unlikely to feature against Manchester City this weekend.
He is instead set to head on international duty after being called up by Portugal for their Euro 2024 qualifiers against Slovakia and Luxembourg.
His next appearance for the Cottagers could come on September 16 at home to Luton.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
