Atletico Madrid unveil movie star Matt Damon as latest big summer 'signing'

The Spanish club shared a picture on Instagram of the American actor standing alongside Atletico president and left-back Felipe Luis. Explaining themselves, the club captioned the image:

“Matt Damon is in Madrid to present his latest film, and, because he likes football, we wanted to welcome him to the city. 

“After posing for the press, Matt has surprised us with a perfect: Hey Atleti!

 

Matt Damon está con @universal_spain en Madrid para presentar su última película así que, como es futbolero, hemos querido darle la bienvenida a la ciudad. Después de posar Matt nos ha sorprendido con un perfecto: "¡Aúpa Atleti!" ¡Qué crack! - Matt Damon is in Madrid to present his last film, and, because he likes football, we wanted to welcome him to the city. After posing for the press, Matt has surprised us with a perfect: Aúpa Atleti! He's the best!

A photo posted by Atlético de Madrid (@atleticodemadrid) on Jul 13, 2016 at 6:43am PDT

After the 45-year-old proclaimed his love for Los RojiBlancos, fans took to Twitter to react to this surprising 'summer transfer'.

Can't wait for Matt Damon to take out the opponents on the pitch.https://t.co/rlX23fByT5

— kidzio #FPL (@sengkwee) July 13, 2016

I guess he was "Bourne" to play for them... #Atletic

— Bella(@Sarah_Pique) July 13, 2016

Matt Damon to @atletienglish ? Wait, what??!

— Sarah (@misssofia18) July 13, 2016

@MARCAinENGLISH OMG Jason Bourne playing in la liga

— RasheedLFC (@rasheedlfc) July 13, 2016