Manchester United players’ nicknames revealed… with Thor, Iceman and The Lawyer are making up the list
Jose Mourinho's squad head into the new season with a team chemistry like no other judging by what they call each other
HAVING nicknames for each other is usually a sign of friendship - unless you don't know about them!
Thankfully, Manchester United's stars are all clued up about the bizarre names they get called at Carrington.
And Jose Mourinho's squad head into the new season with a team chemistry like no other judging by the peculiar labels his players have given one another.
Although we don't know it, we have all seen the likes of 'Thor' and 'The Lawyer' play in the Premier League before, and next season we will be lucky enough to witness 'Iceman' make his debut.
The MEN has put together a list of the Red Devils' funniest nicknames - and why they exist.
David De Gea: 'Sticky Gloves'.
Sergio Romero: 'Chiquito' - Translates to 'Tiny' as Romero, who is 6ft 3in, is a fraction of the height of his basketball star brother, at 6ft 9in.
Victor Lindelof: 'Iceman'.
Eric Bailly: 'Beast'.
Antonio Valencia: 'El Comandante' (The Commander).
Chris Smalling: 'The Voice'.
Michael Carrick: 'Carras'.
Nemanja Matic: 'Monster' - also known as 'The Giant' by Mourinho.
Ashley Young: 'Youngy'.
Paul Pogba: 'La Pioche' - The Frenchman explained: "That's the kid who helps the others. I'm a good kid."
Henrikh Mkhitaryan: 'Mkhi'.
Marcus Rashford: 'The Kid'.
Romelu Lukaku: 'The Lawyer' - Given to him by Belgium coach Thierry Henry, who said: "He discusses everything, even his socks."
Zlatan Ibrahimovic: 'Thor' - Coined by Pogba, who laughed: "If you see the movie ‘Thor’, he is a god.
“I always say that Zlatan is a god. Therefore, I call him Thor, it's just a joke. We have got a very good friendship."
