Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho was excited to see world boxing champion Anthony Joshua make a cameo appearance at the team's training ground at the Carrington.
According to a Sportbible report, Joshua, who holds three of the four major world championships belts, met with senior squad members, before he was presented with a customized Manchester United shirt by club boss Mourinho.
Interestingly, the pugilist, who is fondly known as AJ by fans and admirers, also took out time to showcase some ball skills which attracted comments from the Special One.
"Fuckiing hell Tony !," Mourinho uttered as soon as the boxer took his first shot, even as he jokingly called out defender Chris Smalling to inform him, his services are no longer required at the club, saying: "Smalling, goodbye man!. [Anthony] I'm going to promote you."
However, AJ's next kick was nothing to write about as his shoe came off his feet along with the ball in a funny way, which got everyone present cracking.
Interestingly, the 29-year-old boxer has always been a friend of the Red Devils as he also had Swedish legend Zlatan Ibrahimovic in his corner before claiming his 20th professional win.
In addition, before Joshua's fight against Wladimir Klitschko in April, the pugilist usually uttered the words, "I'm not perfect but I'm trying" but moments after his victory at Wembley, the big Swede rephrased the line to give Joshua more boost going forward.
"He heard me say, 'I'm not perfect, but I'm trying' and told me to say 'I'm perfect and I'm not trying!'' Joshua revealed moments after the fight.
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