Young Manchester United mascots were dressed as characters from X-Men as part of a promotion. Photo / Twitter
In evidence that Manchester United's commercial tie-ins know no bounds, several of the club's mascots were painted blue ahead of the Premier League clash with Bournemouth as part of a deal to promote the upcoming film X-Men: Apocalypse.
Ahead of United's final Premier League game of the season, which had
to be rescheduled after a bomb scare saw Sunday's fixture abandoned, each of the 11 mascots carried the names of X-Men characters on the back of their shirts.
Not content to leave the promotional stunt there, four of the youngsters, who are part of the Manchester United foundation, were completely transformed after being selected by Aon for this special role.
Seven-year-old twins Hollie and Max wee daubed in blue to represent Mystique and Beast, while Christiano was given a makeover to get into character of Nightcrawler.
Daniel took on the role of Cyclops, wearing specially-designed glasses, while the other characters represented on the pitch were Professor X, Psyclocke, Quicksilver, Angel, Jean Grey, Storm and Magneto.
