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Arsenal fans try to say the name Papastathopoulos in a hilarious video! (video)

One more difficult name added to the Gunners' roster

Newsroom July 5 06:42

Arsenal fans were asked to pronounce the surname of their most recent signing, defensive centre back from Dortmund Sokratis Papastathopoulos and the outcome was hilarious.
There is no shortage of tongue-twisters on the roster of the Gunners, with such names as Aubameyang, Kolasinac, Mavropanos (another Greek defender), which means they should have gotten used to saying difficult names.

So how did the fans fare? The club’s media division asked some to give it a shot. Here are the really funny results. Most of them failed…

 

? Reckon you can pronounce #SOKRATIS‘ surname? Earlier this week we put a few of you to the test

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— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) July 5, 2018

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