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[King Kay @CoachKay88]

I heard what you said, but I know what you meant.

[FIFA @FIFAcom]

The reason Japan fans clean the stadium after each game. Respect. 🤝🇯🇵

[TobyWrites @tobyasky]

Immigration has simply made countries stronger at this World Cup.

Folarin Balogun with a brace for the co-hosts. Nigerian parents, born in US, trained in English academies, now represents US.

Nestory Irankunda for Australia, youngest player to score for them at the World Cup. Born in a refugee camp in Tanzania, originally from Burundi. Australia took his family in, and he has just repaid them.

Yasin Ayari just scored a bullet for Sweden. Tunisia father, Moroccan mother, born in Sweden.

Ime Okon for South Africa. Nigerian father, South African mother, born in SA.

Isak, born in Sweden to Eritrean parents, who ran away due to civil war.

Curaçao, only Tahith Chong was born in Curaçao, all other 25 players were born in the Netherlands, that’s why they’re a bit decent with ex premier league and decent league players in the squad.

Haiti National team, about 12 players born in France including Isidor and Bellegarde, some others were born in USA and Canada.

Moroccan team that started yesterday, almost all of them were born abroad😭. Hakimi, Riad and Saibari were born in Spain, Bounou in Canada, Diop and Bouaddi in France, Talbi and El Khannouss in Belgium, Mazraoui in the Netherlands, even their coach was born in Belgium 😭😂

Felix Nmecha scored a banger for Germany earlier. Nigerian parents, born in Germany, raised in England, now plays for Germany.

Lamine Yamal, born in Spain to Moroccan and Equatorial Guinean parents. Represents Spain.

Hannibal, born to Tunisian parents in France, and moved to England at 16. Plays for Tunisia.

John Yeboah, born in Germany to Ghanaian Father and Ecuadorean mother, plays for Ecuador.

Zion Suzuki. Japanese mother, Ghanaian father, born in the US. Represents Japan.

Yan Valery for Tunisia was born in France to a Martiniquais father and Tunisian mother.

Mbappe? Algerian mother, Cameroonian father, born in France and plays for France.

Raphinha, born in Brazil but father is Italian-Brazilian and mother has both Italian and Angolan heritage. He plays for Brazil.

Olise. Born in England, represents France because his mother is Algerian but holds French citizenship. His father is Nigerian.

Jamal Musiala. Born in Germany to a Nigerian father and German-Polish mother. Represents Germany but was eligible to represent Nigeria, Poland, or England (he was raised there).

Anthonia Rudiger, born in Germany and plays for Germany. Parents are from Sierra Leone, they fled the war back then to Germany.

Alphonso Davies, his parents are Liberian, they fled the war and sought refuge in Ghana where he was born. They moved to Canada when he was age 5. The rest is history.

Diogo Costa, born in Switzerland to Portuguese parents. Plays for Portugal.

Guehi was born in Ivory Coast to Ivorian parents. Moved to England very young and now plays for England.

Chukwuemeka was born in Austria to Nigerian parents, he was raised in England. He holds 3 citizenship, but chose Austria.

David Alaba. Born in Austria, his mother is from Philippines and his father is from Nigeria. Represents Austria.

Theo and Lucas Hernandez, their father is french with Spanish heritage, mother is fully French. They both play for France.

Declan Rice, Irish from his father side, mother is fully English, born in England and plays for England.

Nico Williams, born in Spain to Ghanaian parents, plays for Spain. His brother, Inaki Williams was also born in Spain but represent Ghana.

Semenyo born in England to Ghanaian parents and plays for Ghana.

Van Dijk, Surinamese mother, Dutch father, born in Netherlands and plays for Netherlands.

Bukayo Saka, Nigerian parents but born in England and represent England. Same with Eberechi Eze.

Konsa, Congolese parents.
Mainoo, Ghanaian parents.
Harry Kane, Irish father and English mother.
Watkins, Jamaican descent. All born in England.

I’ll turn off my ink here. You can add many others in the comments. Immigration has made football very competitive.

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Fox paid $485 million for the rights to broadcast this World Cup. The New York Times put the fair market value at $1 to $1.5 billion. The hydration break is how Fox gets its money's worth.

FIFA announced mandatory 3-minute pauses midway through each half of all 104 World Cup 2026 matches, not just hot ones. That includes games inside climate-controlled domed stadiums with roofs. The announcement came at a World Broadcaster Meeting in Washington DC. FIFA said the decision was made after consultation with coaches and broadcasters.

A few months later, FIFA gave broadcasters the green light to sell ads during the pauses. Fox gets 2 minutes and 10 seconds per break, starting 20 seconds after the whistle and ending 30 seconds before play resumes. Across all 104 games, that's 832 potential ad slots that didn't exist in soccer before this tournament. Fox and Telemundo project a combined $850 million in ad revenue from the 2026 World Cup.

The player welfare argument is also real. Argentina's Enzo Fernandez said he felt "dizzy" in "very dangerous" temperatures during last summer's Club World Cup in the US, where some games approached 100 degrees Fahrenheit. FIFA had reason to act. But it applied those breaks to every match regardless of conditions, and opened a commercial window that makes this World Cup more ad-friendly than any before it.

Fox proved the point on day one. In the opener between Mexico and South Africa, Fox missed the 30-second return window FIFA mandated. The ball was already in play when the network came back from commercials.

Coca-Cola, a top-tier global FIFA partner for decades, runs the hydration stations on the field. That same 3-minute pause serves three commercial interests at once: the field sponsor, Fox's ad revenue, and Fox's streaming subscribers.

The 2030 World Cup goes to Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. The 2034 tournament lands in Saudi Arabia. Both regions see extreme summer heat. FIFA has not confirmed whether the pauses will outlast this summer's tournament. But $850 million in new advertising inventory tends to answer that question on its own.

[King Kay @CoachKay88]

@tobyasky I taught Denis Undav was from Turkey 🇹🇷 😳

[King Kay @CoachKay88]

As the World Cup starts tomorrow, plans of attending the next in 2030 is underway.

[MrBanks💰 @Mrbankstips]

Worst case scenario I’ll make it. Best case scenario I’ll make it big.

[King Kay @CoachKay88]

Plans to be at the 2030 World Cup is underway. ✈️🔐

[MrBanks💰 @Mrbankstips]

Who else has that delusional belief that everything is just going to work out?

[King Kay @CoachKay88]

Insane Numbers, Omo!

[Mayowa A. Balogun @Sweeegu]

Al Jazeera just did a piece on the imbalance in African football using Senegal as a case study - as they have perfected this academy system.

If you don’t think weak leagues that go unwatched are a contributor to this, I am not sure what to tell you.

https://t.co/60uMizEKlc

[Sky Sports News @SkySportsNews]

BREAKING: Brighton announce signing of winger Zadok Yohanna from AIK Stockholm on a five-year contract 🚨

[Herish Sadi @herishsadi]

The moment that made us all cry today, Zadok telling his (unaware) father about him signing for @OfficialBHAFC @AIKfotboll

[Brighton & Hove Albion @OfficialBHAFC]

New kid on the block. 💫

[Brighton & Hove Albion @OfficialBHAFC]

Zadok Yohanna is officially Albion. 💙🤍

[King Kay @CoachKay88]

I share the same sentiments, the Baltic route offer our players easy access but the Scandinavian countries possess a stronger scouting network with the big five leagues.

[Naija Ballers @9ja_Ballers]

Controversial takes: I think that the Scandinavian routes guarantees a possible big European football move for an amateur footballer from Nigeria than the Baltic route.

[UndercoverDev @NELtheDev]

The 2026 World Cup will create global superstars.

But the part most people don’t realise until later?

Most of them are still UNKNOWN right now.

Every World Cup does this.
2006 → Messi announced himself
2010 → Müller & Özil rise
2014 → James Rodríguez explodes
2018 → Mbappé becomes global
2018 → Enzo Fernández boosting his stocks

2026 will be no different.

Except this time… more nations = more hidden gems.

These aren’t “famous young talents,” like Lamine, Curbasi, Arda Güler and the likes
These are players you probably won’t see on mainstream highlight pages yet.

But scouts already know them.
And by the end of the World Cup… the world will too.

Here are 10 wonderkids who could OWN the tournament 👇🧵

[Ajoje⚽⚖️ @israel_ajoje]

Many of us have forgotten the “we will see who lied” saga.

Just this morning, a friend who works in the industry was telling me about how he was drafting the termination agreement of a player and he saw the news on Fabrizio’s page that the player had been sacked.

He also sent me a VN of an agent saying that he saw news of his player agreeing personal terms with a club right after he finished a call with the clubs representative.

There was also the time he broke the transfer of a player and the other options the player rejected. The player in amazement had to come on X here to tell us tyat even his wife didn’t know the offers he rejected.

People underrate how connected and information savvy Fabrizio is. Really.

[Abiola Dauda @blackveron]

The story of the new sensation in Sweden is a Nigerian boy called Zadok Yohanna and it's not up to a year of playing professional football and teams from the premier league are pushing to sign him.

Let this be a reminder to every young player out there working hard to make it to a professional level that you never know where or when your life can change. If this boy can be playing Monkey post football by this time last year and he's about to secure an historical transfer from Allsvenskan, then anything is possible.

This is when destiny meet Gods timing and he will change the way Nigerian market is going when it' comes to spotting a young talented player.

AIK paid €750k to sign him from the academy in Nigeria and they are about to sell him for €20M plus bonuses which will be a good deal for both AIK and the academy he came from.

It takes a lot for AIK to spend €750k on a boy who has no national appearance or played in form of international competition for that amount they paid because they believed in him.

Credit to AIK Solna for good scouting.

[Patrice Evra @Evra]

Guys, I was being a gentleman... but some Arsenal fans are getting too comfortable
You finally won the war after 22 years of banter 😂🏆
Now let's start another 50 years of banter about the Big Ears Cup
#ilovethisgame #arsenal #banter

[Ajoje⚽⚖️ @israel_ajoje]

When you talk to club scouts, administrators and agents, you would realize that a lot of European clubs have a better grasp of the market than even we Africans.

You would hear them naming 15,16 year olds that have never had professional appearances but have featured in these private leagues like the Abuja Elite League and the TCC league.

Some are and have even been in touch with the players’ parents for months. Years even.

I’d not be surprised if they have a backup for this Angelo guy. The network runs deeper than you think- formally and informally.

They operate with the mindset that there’s more where it came from. Quite literally.

[Wendell Okaro @Dojran2021]

🚨 Summer Transfer Window is Here!!! 🚨

I’ve received so many requests from players asking for clubs for tryouts or help sending their profiles to clubs. I’ve had agents reaching out about talented players they want to transfer, scouts asking me for players, and clubs requesting player recommendations.

So I decided to come up with an idea.I’ll be posting a Google Form link. https://t.co/myiP41LbJq
where any player interested in the transfer market can fill in their details. I will then create a player presentation/database, categorized by positions: strikers, midfielders, defenders, goalkeepers, etc. and share it with clubs, scouts, agents, and partners within my network.

My sports network has spanned over 20 years in the business and cuts across thousands of people in football and sports globally agents, coaches, scouts, club directors, and decision-makers.

Most importantly: THIS SERVICE IS FREE.

I charge absolutely nothing.

If anybody sends you a message claiming to be from me, claiming they got information from me, or asking you to pay money for tryouts, club opportunities, selections, or transfers, DO NOT PAY.

I repeat: DO NOT PAY.

Even if the person claims to be directly from a club, once payment becomes a condition, I strongly advise against it. If you choose to pay anyone despite this warning, I will not be responsible, and I will not be a party to it.

I will share player profiles with my partners, clubs, and contacts for free.

My advice to players:

✅ Upload a good video link
✅ Use a clear, full-body picture
✅ Create a professional football CV
✅ Be honest do not exaggerate your ability, age, experience, or achievements
✅ Add your Transfermarkt link if you have one

I’ll also be working with local scouts and content creators to highlight players over time not only here on Twitter/X, but also on LinkedIn, WhatsApp, and other platforms where scouts, clubs, and agents actively search for talent.

For players, scouts, and agents interested, please follow me because more updates will be coming. Some opportunities may require me to publicly announce when players have been selected or when clubs are requesting specific profiles.

Please follow, share, and spread this to players who need opportunities.

Wishing everyone the very best of luck. ⚽

P.S. This initiative will be used for both summer and winter transfer windows.

IMPORTANT: Players involved in age cheating, falsification of documents, identity manipulation, or any form of dishonesty will be immediately removed from the database and blacklisted from future opportunities.

https://t.co/myiP41LbJq

https://t.co/ztpbeputLi

[TG OMORI @boy_director]

Boy director.