A United fan was left seeing Red when she ordered an autographed picture of striker Danny Welbeck and it turned up in a Liverpool presentation case.

Michelle Nevins paid £30 via the club’s official website for the memento for nephew Oscar Dalton’s sixth birthday. Welbeck is the United-mad youngster’s favourite player – and he even has a pet fish named after him.

But Michelle, from Didsbury , was fuming when the gift turned up in a case bearing the name of the Reds’ rivals.

Michelle, 27, said: “I used to work at Parrs Wood sixth form and Danny used to spend some time there and ever since then he’s been Oscar’s favourite player. He has posters of him but he’s not got his autograph so I thought this would be a great present for him.

“I went onto the official website and there is a section where you can ask for an autographed picture to be made out to whoever you want for whatever occasion. I asked for it to be made out to Oscar for his birthday and was told it would take seven days to get here.

“When it got here, I opened it and was looking for the certificate of authenticity when I saw that it was in a Liverpool case.

“Of all the clubs for it to be – I couldn’t believe it.

“It just made me think that they clearly don’t care about it and when I called the club they just offered a refund which wasn’t great because Oscar was coming round for it that day.

“Then my dad, who’s a City fan, started laughing and I saw the funny side. The only way it could have been worse would have been if it had come in a City case.”

Oscar, a pupil at Furness Vale Primary in High Peak, also has a puppy called Teddy Sheringham.

He said: “I love the picture but I don’t like the case.”

A spokesman for United said sports retailer Kitbag look after website orders. Kitbag could not be contacted for a comment.