Salt Bae, BBC porn prank and Pogba witchcraft in our weirdest moments of the season

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2023-05-28 13:06:06  • 9 mins

It has truly been a season like no other. After the first-ever winter World Cup in Qatar split the club campaign in two, we're finally crawling towards a June finish line.

At times, it's been one hard slog for players, managers and fans alike so we should be grateful for a few rib-tickling moments of levity to break up the intensity.

Inspired by a thread this week on cult Twitter account, The Upshot, we've compiled 10 of the weirdest and wackiest moments of the season.

From Salt Bae pretending he was part of Argentina's World Cup winners and allegations of witchcraft within the Pogba family to the BBC porn prank and Keith Curle feeling in a 'sexy mood', it's been a bizarre one.

Salt and Sheikhs

Lionel Messi completed football when he inspired Argentina to World Cup glory in Qatar and what a moment it must have been as he finally got his hands on the one trophy he craved above all others.

What Messi didn't expect - or remotely want - was to be harassed during the celebrations by a supple-wristed Turkish chef who doesn't know his place.

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