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Premier League stars reveal how to correctly pronounce their names

Multiple Premier League players have teamed up with TNT Sports to let fans know exactly how their names should be pronounced.

A video published by the broadcaster on Wednesday featured 15 players and three managers reading out their own names while facing the camera.

Among the players to feature in the video were Manchester United's new £36.5million striker Joshua Zirkzee, Arsenal's new £42m defender Riccardo Calafiori and two Chelsea summer signings in Marc Guiu and Tosin Adarabioyo.

New Liverpool boss Arne Slot also made an appearance, along with fellow managers Sean Dyche and Nuno Espirito Santo.

The other stars involved in the video were Erling Haaland, Bruno Fernandes, Tomas Soucek, Wout Faes, Vladimir Coufal, Iliman Ndiaye, Niclas Fullkrug, Ben Brereton Diaz, Yukinari Sugawara, Tim Iroegbunam and Stephy Mavididi.

Riccardo Calafiori and Marc Guiu took part in a video to help fans say their names correctly

Man City striker Erling Haaland and Everton manager Sean Dyche also featured in the video

The video quickly went viral via X (formerly Twitter), as many fans expressed shock - and some confusion - at the pronunciations given.

Multiple fans even accused Haaland of pronouncing his own name incorrectly.

Andre Ostgaard tweeted: 'I'm Norwegian and I have no idea what Haaland tried to do there. None of his 3 names are pronounced like that. It's not even remotely close.'

Another fan replied: 'He's definitely trolling'.

A different comment read: 'Surely he has to be doing it as a joke? Aint no way he's pronouncing his last name like that.'

Haaland pictured after scoring in Manchester City's 2-0 win at Chelsea on Sunday afternoon

Meanwhile, some fans expressed their surprise at how Everton boss Dyche said his name.

One Watford supporter commented: 'I'm sure Sean Dyche was included for #bantz but it turns out I've been pronouncing his name wrong since he played for us 20 years ago. Every day is a school day!'

Another Watford fan replied: 'I learned it about 5 years ago or so, but yeah was [in the] same boat! Thought it was Die-sh, not Die-ch'.

A third fan reacted with four laughing emojis alongside the message: 'Who knew that Sean Dyche is the one that I have been mispronouncing!'

Everton manager Dyche pictured during his team's 3-0 home defeat by Brighton on Saturday

The name of Portuguese Man United playmaker Fernandes was also the subject of multiple comments.

Despite widely being pronounced 'Fer-nan-des' by many fans and commentators, the United captain explained - and not for the first time - that it is more like 'Fer-nanj'.

One fan reacted by tweeting: 'Still refuse to pronounce Bruno's name the way he says it. I'm stuck in my ways'.

Source: dailymail.co.uk

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