Rio Ferdinand and Wojciech Szczesny won't just be battling it on the pitch when Manchester United face Arsenal at the Emirates on Sunday - they'll also be competing for Twitter followers by sporting personalised football boots with their account handles embossed on them.

The two Premier League stars are regular tweeters, although Ferdinand currently dwarfs The Arsenal goalkeeper's number of followers with 1.8m compared to Szczesny's 334,807.

The special boots, which will also have #makeitcount embroidered on them, are part of Nike's 'Make It Count' campaign, which was launched on Twitter on New Year's Eve.