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The Cucumber Knight returns to Leganes as mascot

With the new La Liga season just a few days old, CD Leganes have welcomed a familiar face back to the club in a bid to spur them onto great things.

After going missing from the Estadio de Butarque for several years, a former fan favourite came striding through the main door just in time for Leganes first home game of the campaign -- and with a fresh new look.

His name is Super Pepino and he's a giant, seven-foot tall cucumber. Leganes like to call him "the Cucumber Knight" and he is sort of a cross between a Teenage Mutant Hero Turtle, Zoro and, er, a cucumber.