Deportivo cancel player transfer after discovering his insulting tweet about the club

Julio Rey lost the chance to play for Deportivo La Coruna for a tweet he posted three years ago about the club

In what is first of a kind incident, Deportivo La Coruna, the Spanish first division club have cancelled the transfer of a 20-year-old winger Julio Rey over an insulting tweet made by the player 3 years ago.

The transfer was cancelled by the Galician club at the eleventh hour after he had signed his contract and had even had his photos taken for the official unveiling when, as a formality they had their legal department trawl back the winger’s social media activity to check for any problems. The legal department found a derogatory tweet that read "F--- DEPOR, F--- RIAZOR".

The winger in question Julio Rey, who had played all his life in the Spanish fourth tier would have had no idea that a single tweet that he had made three years ago would put an end to a dream transfer to a top flight club.

After the legal team verified that the tweet was indeed sent from his account, the club moved to pull the plug on the Spanish player’s transfer. Even though Rey deleted his account on the social media website, it was all in vain as the club cancelled the transfer.

The La Liga club then published the following statement on their official website:"Real Club Deportivo, who announced the signing of Julio Rey in the afternoon after the player signed his contract with the club, have decided to cancel the transfer after analysing an unfortunate comment on the player's ... social media profile several years ago.”

"[Deportivo] believes that a player deserves to wear the blue and white shirt if he's an example of sportsmanship, respectful of their rivals, committed and has positive feelings toward Depor, it's colours, it's crest and those values that represent this institution."