Everton stars Walcott, Tosun and Sigurdsson appear in embarrassing 'angry birds' advert

Everton stars Walcott, Tosun and Sigurdsson appear in embarrassing 'angry birds' advert

BeSoccer 6 years ago |

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Walcott celebrates scoring against Newcastle. AFP

Global games giant Rovio Entertainment have teamed up with Everton to give Walcott, Tosun and Sigurdsson an Angry Birds makeover with the three stars available in the game from today until Monday.

Angry Birds are Everton's sleeve sponsor, which has resulted in Walcott, Sigurdsson and Tosun being embarrassingly transformed into digital characters.

August 22, 2018

about his Angry Birds makeover, England international Walcott said: "Angry Birds is one of the biggest names in gaming and I am very happy to be one of the first three football players in the world to have my own personalised playable character.

"It's been really interesting to work with Rovio to shape my character and see the work that goes on behind the scenes to bring it to life."

This isn't the first time a football team has had a video game-related sponsor on the shirt, of course. Arsenal flaunted 'Sega' and 'Dreamcast' back in 2000, Chelsea had 'Amiga' back in '93/'94, and Watford made Sports Interactive manager Miles Jacobson's dreams come true by brandishing 'Football Manager'.