Dulux become official partner of Tottenham before brutally trolling club over empty trophy cabinet and dodgy defence

TOTTENHAM’S slump in form has got so bad they are now getting trolled by their OWN sponsors.

Spurs announced Dulux as their official paint supplier on Thursday before the company christened the partnership by immediately mocking them on Twitter.

They made jibes referencing Tottenham’s questionable defence as well as the club’s empty trophy cabinet.

Jamie Redknapp slammed Jose Mourinho for making Spurs boring but even if it is like watching paint dry, surely this is a step too far.

Alongside an image of the Dulux dog at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Spurs tweeted: “We are delighted to announce @duluxuk, the nation’s number one paint brand, our first ever Official Paint Supplier.”

One cheeky fan replied: “Can the dog play centre-back?”

And the social media admin controlling the Dulux account incredibly hit back with: “He might do a better job Chris.”

The tweet was later deleted as fans caught wind of the more than questionable online quips.

Mourinho was asked to comment on the club’s latest partner during his press conference but the Portuguese boss appeared to be unaware of the drama when he replied: “What’s that?”

With Spurs facing Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final later this month, one supporter suggested it would be a good time to paint the trophy cabinet.

But Dulux stunningly replied with a photo of an unused cabinet with Spurs badges on alongside a ‘For Sale’ message before again deleting the picture.

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Tottenham have not won a trophy since the 2008 League Cup triumph but could end their 13-year drought on April 25.

Another reply calling for the ‘dusty’ cabinet to be painted was met with a Dulux reply which said: “Don’t be silly, surfaces should be dust free before painting.”

Social media was rife with hilarious comments as the in-house trolling went viral.

The term Dulux was trending on Twitter in the UK.

Fans even joked that Arsenal’s mascot Gunnersaurus had started working on the Dulux social media team after he was famously furloughed by the Gunners during the pandemic.

Dulux apologised to Spurs fans and pledged to uncover what happened with the awkward posts.

A statement released on Twitter read: “We’re deeply sorry for the posts from Dulux this morning in response to the announcement of our relationship with @SpursOfficial.

“These do not reflect how proud we are to be the Official Paint Supplier of the Club.

“We’re investigating what happened and apologise to all Spurs fans.”

Tottenham’s official account appeared to signal things had been smoothed over as they replied to the apology with a cheeky pun and said: “We’ll gloss over it this time…”

Dulux ran with it and added: “Glad we have brushed that one over.”

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