People are already mauling the Premier League's new logo
The Premier League will have a new look starting next season.
The English top flight revealed its new logo design on Tuesday, hailing it as "an exciting new visual identity" for the world's most popular league. It's definitely a cleaner, more modern look which, critically, has retained the league's iconic lion.
However, we all know it doesn't take a lot for the Internet trolls to go to work, and naturally the memes came flying in shortly after the announcement.
There was a lot of predictable jokes related to other famous lions:
You’ve got to love the new PL logo. A fitting tribute to one of the great movie characters of all time. #RIPmufasa pic.twitter.com/K29WIisLLY
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) February 9, 2016
New Premier League logo confirms increasing suspicions that Aslan is on the move again pic.twitter.com/vnTtoEIz5h
— Thomas Dean (@ThomasCDean) February 9, 2016
#LovelyTouch by the Premier League to immortalise Cecil the lion in their new logo #respect #RIPCecil pic.twitter.com/Ft6OTLuPZt
— Nick Miller (@NickMiller79) February 9, 2016
Others used the new logo as an opportunity to slam the league for being greedy:
Here is the full version of the new Premier League logo revealing its attitude to supporters. pic.twitter.com/tMyxWizXIO
— Danny Baker (@prodnose) February 9, 2016
New Premier League logo launched today pic.twitter.com/ZcBmx4qB4Z
— Ben Stokes (@RobotCanary) February 9, 2016
From a different angle the new Premier League logo looks like a fat bloke laughing his head off.
— Ian Hyland (@HylandIan) February 9, 2016
Aptly. pic.twitter.com/BAxvzlz5b9
And then, of course, there was this:
‘Look at his face, just look at his face!’ – Twitter reacts to new Premier League logo https://t.co/YLmkP0Qb5Y pic.twitter.com/bxc4VK6TeZ
— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) February 9, 2016
Yup, we would've gone with that one, too.
