Man City official Twitter account down for short period, reappears with 7m fewer followers

Updated 07/10/2020 at 12:25 GMT

Manchester City's Twitter account mysteriously vanished on Wednesday morning, with the social media platform showing a "this account doesn't exist page", before then appearing actively again, only with almost seven million fewer followers. The followers did eventually trickle back in...

Man City fans watch the team arrive during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Huddersfield Town at Etihad Stadium on August 19, 2018 in Manchester, United Kingdom.

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Manchester City's official Twitter account - @ManCity - went down briefly in bizarre fashion, before reappearing with almost seven million fewer followers.

Rumours circulated as to the reasons behind such a bizarre move, with some suggesting retribution for City having their Champions League ban overturned.

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However, City were soon back online, insisting it was a technical glitch on Twitter's part, but their account's followers had reduced in number from 8.5m to 1.6m, sparking further rumours doubting the validity of their followers in the first place.

Eventually, the followers did trickle back in - although they were still nearly two million down at time of latest update.

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