manchester city 's david silva and everton 's phil jagielka were also among around a dozen players sponsored by the firm who urged millions of followers to buy the knock-down goods .
this comes amid mounting concern that celebrities and sports stars to an advertising watchdog probe they plugged an adidas sale on twitter .
it was the first uk company to have a twitter campaign banned , after the asa ruled in 2012 that the use of the personal accounts of footballers broke the rules .