Old Lady captain offended by fake profile

For those of us who haven’t figured out why the hell anyone would want to use Twitter, Facebook still stands at the peak of the internet timewasting mountain.

Plenty of footballers are registered on the social networking site (including racist and plain stupid ones), but none of the 255 Alessandro Del Piero registered profiles are the Juventus captain. In particular, the profile which suggests he is a Nazi is not his:

Juventus legend Alessandro Del Piero is preparing to take legal action against the social networking site Facebook after a fake profile with his name and image appeared on it.

The profile had links to a Nazi propaganda group and it contains pictures of Del Piero, which have led the striker to consider taking action for defamation.

ANSA claims the player’s agent and brother, Stefano, has announced that Del Piero will be contacting his lawyers to protect his image. The player’s entourage have made it clear that the Nazi-linked profile has nothing to do with him, and they have stated that Del Piero has never had a profile on the Facebook site.

[Goal.com]

Spoiler bonus: As an Italian footballer, Del Piero has his pick of the world’s greatest selection of WAGs. He wisely chose Valeria Marini