Julia Roberts, the legendary Hollywood actress and producer, stopped by Manchester United training camp in Westwood, California this week. United are in southern California training at the University of California-Los Angeles’ Drake Stadium for their preseason exhibition tour of the United States.
Roberts, who also took in the Red Devils 1-1 home draw with West Ham and a tour of Old Trafford last November dropped in on United while they are at UCLA.
Juan Mata posted a snap with the “Pretty Woman” most famous for playing Erin Brockovich on his Twitter account, and social media went crazy.
Things you get to do while on tour in LA ???? #MUTOUR #JuliaRoberts pic.twitter.com/Sf40CVsuN9
— Juan Mata García (@juanmata8) July 12, 2017
Of course, a bigger social media stir was caused last fall when Julia Roberts gave Paul Pogba a kiss. You can view that the Instagram of that over at this link. Hollywood has been a prevalent theme of United training camp thus far, with the team incorporating red carpet, movie premiere night style imagery in the unveiling of new signing Romelu Lukaku.
Julia Roberts isn’t the only Hollywood A-lister to encounter the team this week. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was strolling through the stream hotel after exiting a meeting, and this chance encounter occurred:
Walked out of my meeting at the hotel to a nice surprise. Good to meet some of the boys. ??#MUTOUR https://t.co/2skqrNNj8Y
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) July 12, 2017
No wonder Jose Mourinho enjoys having the team train in the Los Angeles area so much.
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