Leeds fans love seeing The Pope with a club jersey

There are some things that you simply don’t see every day. Today, one of those things has come along as Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani has taken to Twitter to share a picture of The Pope with a Leeds jersey that he had given him when the two met, and the fans love it.

Emotional and unique moment to meet his holiness @pontifex and donate an @lufc jersey… we have one special supporter pic.twitter.com/Z4hpbEXiGD

— Andrea Radrizzani (@andrearadri) 5 September 2018

Andrea Radrizzani is certainly a man whose stock is rising. The Italian’s football broadcasting company, Eleven Sports, have got some big TV rights for La Liga which will be bringing him a fortune in and then you’ve got the current successes of Leeds United, who are flying high having appointed Marcelo Bielsa in an attempt to get them out of the Championship and into the Premier League.

Radrizzani also claimed on his Twitter that the Whites have one special supporter, which begs the question of whether or not Pope Francis was, in fact, a Leeds United fan before he met Radrizzani. If he was, the fans will be loving it, but if he’s jumped on the bandwagon as a result of their recent successes then some of the fans might be slightly more reluctant to welcome him into the Leeds family.

You can read The Whites’ verdict on the Pope being a Leeds fan here:

does he want to come on @TalkingShutt to talk about his love of leeds @Pontifex

— BINKY (@BinksLeeds) September 5, 2018

ALAW pic.twitter.com/sbL4Gw0HqM

— Lee Ellis (@LeedsunitedLee) 5 September 2018

this is just brilliant! you move in the highest circles Andrea

— Rob Wilkinson (@Robbydeux) 5 September 2018

https://twitter.com/plowhite85/status/1037320208845819904

Heard he wanted the away one

— James (@JamesWood501) 5 September 2018

Thank you for this great gesture on behalf of all LUFC fans & Catholics Mr Radrizanni @Pontifex @Pontifex_es #WeAreLeeds

— James Makey (@JamesMakey1917) September 5, 2018