A Nigerian footballer, @TheRealOlagreat, recently caught the attention of Sevilla FC with a simple yet audacious request for a trial.
In response, Sevilla jokingly offered him a trial if he could get 100,000 retweets on his tweet.
Nigerians on X (formerly Twitter) backed him up, determined to reach the goal, and in less than a day, the tweet went viral, receiving far more retweets than the required 100,000.
.But rather than keeping their word, Sevilla FC shared a link to sign up for an under-19 team, which infuriated many because the Nigerian football player is much older than the legal age limit.
iIn his initial tweet, the football player expressly asked to try out for Sevilla’s first team.
The promise of 100,000 retweets was met with overwhelming support from Nigerians, who mobilized to help him achieve the goal. There were high hopes, and many people were anxiously anticipating an official invitation to the trial.
When Sevilla FC finally provided the link for under-19 registration, Nigerians vented their frustration and disappointment in the comments section.
The club was accused of misleading the football player and was chastised by many for not keeping its word.
The incident has since ignited a conversation about fairness and accountability in football engagements.
See some reactions below:
@deng_forbez: “I hope he’s gotten his wish now that this comment has hit over 130k reposts. Give the man his trial.”
@tavenunafor: “This better not be cruise @SevillaFC_ENG if not…go and ask around about Nigerians. There are no meals we don’t cook. We want to see our boy @TheRealOlagreat in team news in your next week game and subsequent ones. Na you go know how you wan take go explain to club owner.”
@Bhad_Captainn: “Make una stop dey repost joor! Na link dem send the guy U19 for that matter.”
@Jimi6057: “@SevillaFC I will advice you to do the needful. Nigeria can’t give much wara. Buh they can pour so many wara away.”
@sacenaija: “This one doesn’t know that you don’t challenge Nigerians like this. Nothing unites our country like flimsy challenges like this.”
@JustContact_Me: “Nothing una want tell me, Ahswear na Nigeria guy dey handle this page. Another reason to prove to Ghanaians that we are more successful than them.”
@olabillzAFC: “It completed already send him the invitation now!! He can’t be going through some Bs link that wasn’t the deal.”
@OOvivisual: “Don’t joke with 9ja oo ask Ejike and senior man, we won’t let it slide if you dont keep to ur word and give the young man a tryout.”
@Uncle_Faith101: “The most difficult task for Nigerians is to build but the easiest task for us as Nigerians is to destroy. Seviillla I know you won’t like to try us.”
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Published by Ejoh Caleb
