Portuguese forward Betinho reveals shock after appearing in Man United's squad on PL website

Portuguese forward Betinho was shocked to see he was accidently included in Manchester United's matchday squad on the Premier League website.

The error saw the Sporting de Espinho forward listed next to the likes of Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes ahead of their league clash with Nottingham Forest.

United came through with a comfortable 3-0 victory thanks to goals from Rashford, Anthony Martial and Fred, as Erik ten Hag's side got back to winning ways.

But this error on the Premier League website certainly caught the eye of fans, with the 29-year-old receiving more attention than he's ever had in his career before.

There was confusion over the identity of the player from fans, who believed it could be former Portuguese youth international Betinho - who shares the same birthday as the Espinho forward.

Betinho featured at youth level for Portugal at every age group between U15 and U21, but never for the senior side.

He came through Sporting CP's youth set-up, and joined the first team in 2011, but then spent three years playing for the reserve team, netting 20 times in 66 games.

With the admin error thrusting him into mainstream football news, he claims he was flooded with messages following the incident.

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'I only knew it was true when my mates sent me messages and then I confirmed that it was indeed my name on the Premier League website,' Betinho told the Portuguese newspaper Jornal de Notícias. I got more calls today than on my birthday.'

The 29-year-old jokingly posted a screenshot of the Premier League page on his Instagram story, with the caption 'Thank you, Manchester United, see you soon.'

Betinho also tagged Portuguese internationals Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Dalot, joking 'It'll be a pleasure to share the dressing room with you'.

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Unfortunately, a move to United is not on the cards for Betinho, who currently works as a personal trainer alongside playing for SC Espinho in the lower leagues in Portugal.

After his time at Lisbon, he moved onto other Portuguese clubs, such as Vitoria Setubal, Belenenses, Uniao Madeira and Lusitania.

He had moved to Brentford on loan in 2014, but he barely featured after struggling to get acquainted with the English game and played out the rest of the season in the development team.

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