James Milner has joined Twitter and social media users are loving it

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But how does his first foray into social media compare to these other top footballers' offers?

A momentous thing has happened on the internet. James Milner has joined Twitter. And his first tweet is so peak James Milner that it almost feels like it must be a parody.

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In case you've been under a rock for the past five years, Milner's clean-living lifestyle has earned him a (possibly unfair) reputation for being boring – see the very popular parody account. So this image of him happily enjoying some domestic chores is either affirmation or what you might call 'owning the joke'.

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We thought it might be a nice opportunity to look back on how some other big footballing names made their entry into the Twittersphere. Here goes… 

Mark Lawrenson is all of our dads on Twitter…

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Harry Kane steps into the fray with this cryptic message about the living dead…

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Joey Barton joins the conversation and it’s never been the same since...

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Jens Lehmann is sick of the pretenders…

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Jimmy Bullard is very good at being Jimmy Bullard…

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Zlatan is typically meek…

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Eric Dier prepares for a life of trolling his mate Dele Alli…

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Robert Earnshaw didn't spellcheck…

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And, finally, of course. Who could forget? The most glorious entry to anything ever...

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