Injured Newcastle star’s twin attire up as him for League One Xmas social gathering
Oxford United‘s Josh Murphy hilariously dressed up as his injured Newcastle star twin brother Jacob for his or her Christmas social gathering.
The siblings, 28, have each solid profitable careers in English soccer – with Jacob an important a part of Eddie Howe’s squad having been with the Magpies since 2017, whereas Josh at the moment performs in League One with promotion-chasing Oxford.
The former is at the moment sidelined with a long-term shoulder harm he suffered after approaching as an alternative in October’s Champions League defeat to Borussia Dortmund at St James’ Park, which then reoccurred within the 1-0 league win over Arsenal.
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And the latter took benefit of that because the Oxford squad loved some festive celebrations on the weekend – donning one among his Newcastle shirts, a pair of black shorts and black socks in addition to a sling to finish the look.
His effort was lapped up by followers, with one commenting: “There’s playing the cards you’re dealt, and then there’s just plain genius. Outstanding.” Another hailed: “Even popped a shoulder sling on. Superb.”
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“Looks more like Jacob Murphy than Jacob Murphy,” argued a 3rd, whereas a fourth joked: “Eddie missed a trick here. Could have had Josh on the subs bench instead of Jacob and nobody would have known.”
A fifth quipped: “This injury crisis…. hear me out.” And a sixth added: “Legitimately I don’t see why we couldn’t use Murphys twin brother for a few games, they’d never know ahaha.”
The Murphy’s have performed towards one another earlier than when Newcastle confronted Cardiff City within the 2018/19 Premier League season. Jacob is about to be out till February after present process surgical procedure on his dislocated shoulder, along with his restoration properly underway.