At least they didn't call him Satan...
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Rovers gaffe spells trouble: 'Satna' Cruz won't be impressed with Blackburn kit clanger
Santa Cruz... At least they didn't call him Satan.
If Blackburn are desperate to keep hold of Roque 'Satna' Cruz, they have a funny way of showing it.
Someone at the Ewood Park club can't even spell his name right, judging by the shirt he wore against Hull on Sunday.
The Paraguay striker's moniker has been (correctly) on the scoresheet 29 times since he signed from Bayern Munich 20 months ago - form that has seen Manchester City pursue the talisman since the summer.
Perhaps the embarrassment was why he didn't find the net during the 2-1 win against Hull at the KC Stadium. At least they didn't call him Satan.
And, unbelievably, Rovers have got form for getting their 'Ts' and 'Ns' the wrong way round.
David Bentley suffered the same shame as Santa Cruz when he faced Manchester United at Old Trafford in November 2007.
Soon after, he was off to Tottenham and few would be surprised if Santa Cruz gets shirty and jumps ship to admirers Manchester City at the end of this season.
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Lolx Satan
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Kit men under a spell: It's catching as Liverpool ace 'Mascerano' joins Blackburn's 'Satna' Cruz in shirt clanger
They weren't the only culprits, with Liverpool missing the 'H' out of Javier Mascherano's surname on the shirt he wore during the 2-0 defeat at Middlesbrough on Saturday.
Dropping their aitches: Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano tackles Stewart Downing.
Manchester United once spelled David Beckham's name wrong on his shirt for the 1997 Charity Shield.
He wasn't quite a celebrity of messianic proportions back then, but his appellation is hardly a difficult, exotic, foreign spelling.