How Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes mix up led to Man Utd quickly deleting Mother's Day social media post

With many countries around the world celebrating Mother's Day on Sunday, May 12, United created a special image to share with Portuguese-speaking fans in Brazil. It had also been celebrated a week earlier in Portugal. Casemiro and Antony featured with their mums, while Bruno Fernandes appeared with a woman that was supposed to be his mum. Except that it wasn't.

The woman in question was actually Dolores Aveiro, otherwise known as the mother of former United star Cristiano Ronaldo. The post with the erroneous image didn't last long before being removed.

Dolores Aveiro has become famous in her own right thanks to her son's football career, fronting a number of advertising campaigns in Portugal in recent years. She might actually be the most widely known mum of a footballer there has even been.

Spearheaded by Fernandes, United will be hoping to finish 2023-24 on a high after yet more criticism was piled on the team in the wake of last weekend's sorry defeat to Arsenal. Games against Newcastle and Brighton remain in the Premier League, with European qualification still to play for, before facing Manchester City in the FA Cup at Wembley on May 25.