It sounds like a story from a dream, but it’s actually true. Namely, Nigerian amateur footballer Olagreat Oladipupo has the chance to become a new member of the currently eleventh-placed team in La Liga, and he’s getting this opportunity through the social media platform X (formerly Twitter). He reached out to the club officials from Andalusia via this platform and asked how many retweets he would need to receive in order for them to give him a chance. Neither he nor anyone else expected what happened next, but the people from Seville responded, specifying that his tweet must receive 100,000 retweets for him to get a trial with the club. Guess what? After just 24 hours, the number of retweets surpassed the set target, and currently, this post has over 140,000 shares.An amateur footballer in Nigeria reached out to Sevilla on X in hope of getting a football trial.Sevilla responded, promising him an opportunity if their reply reached 100,000 retweets.The tweet has now far surpassed that target 😮(📸 @TheRealOlagreat) pic.twitter.com/OV8tmr8tzY— ESPN Africa (@ESPNAfrica) January 21, 2025 Certainly, it’s expected that the club will make an official statement, but what supports this news is that Sevilla signed a contract with the Nigerian Premier Football League back in July last year. This might be part of that agreement. When signing the contract, Sevilla emphasized that they would focus on developing the sport, with a special emphasis on nurturing young Nigerian players. Ola has played for Superstar FC, a club in the amateur tier of Nigerian football. If we also consider the fact that Sevilla signed two Nigerian players in June of last year (Chidera Ejuke, Kelechi Iheanacho), it leaves us wondering if this could be the third player from this African country to join the team at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium.Nigerian Player, Richard Allison went viral for having the chance to have a trial with Irish club, Cork City FC, after he had 50,000 retweets in 2019.The story was published by Irish media platforms. pic.twitter.com/L5ZRlzBzrq— Africa Facts Zone (@AfricaFactsZone) January 21, 2025 This isn’t the first time that Nigerians have found clubs in this way. Nearly six years ago, Richard Allison reached out to the Irish club Cork City in a similar manner. Just like with the Spanish club, the Irish club responded with an offer, and, just as in this case, the required number of retweets was reached.##NAJAVA_MECA_8650512##
