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Shane Duffy takes to Twitter to prove he is sounder than the average footballer

Published 13:26 19 Dec 2016 GMT

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Shane Duffy takes to Twitter to prove he is sounder than the average footballer

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Modern footballers, huh?

Mercenaries, detached from fans, never displaying the passion that fans love, never connecting with those supporters, treating social media like as one big sales pitch. Screen Shot 2016-12-19 at 13.09.25 Against all this we give you Shane Duffy. The big Derry man is a big breath of fresh air. He fought back from a potentially fatal injury to star at Euro 2016, he fought back from a horrendous run at Blackburn to score a crucial goal, he secured a move to Brighton and, brilliantly, celebrated like Marco Tardelli when he scored against his old club. The Derry native is his own man and, on a dreary Monday morning in December, he brightened up everyone's day by just being unbelievably sound on Twitter. When a fan makes an ambitious request, tweet something like this.... https://twitter.com/lewishyam14/status/810618589241810944 https://twitter.com/ShaneDuffy34/status/810804984581423105 When a fan makes a slightly more reasonable request, tweet something like this. https://twitter.com/SimplyNorwood/status/810815931815514112 https://twitter.com/ShaneDuffy34/status/810821936326541312 Do you have any dreams that Shane Duffy can make come true? Now is the time to ask, one of Ireland's soundest internationals is handing out some early Christmas presents.