TWICE prepared a special video and heartfelt messages for ONCE, with “Be As One” playing in the background. 🥹
SANA: "The past year was a truly special time filled with ONCE, and I feel like I've been gifted the most beautiful hearts in the world."
JIHYO: "The reason we were able to shine even when facing new challenges is all thanks to ONCE, who always warmly embraced us from the stage; every single moment was more than just moving—it was thrilling."
MOMO: "Even the days that seemed completely ordinary always remain as special memories whenever we are together with ONCE."
JEONGYEON: "There are times when the night deepens with countless thoughts, but whenever that happens, I remember the sparkling eyes of ONCE looking at us."
TZUYU: "Within the time we have spent together, I gain the strength to move forward once again."
DAHYUN: "Just like our chant that we shouted out together, I hope these moments were times that truly shone for one another."
MINA: "On the new pages that will unfold in the future, let's continue to fill them up completely with even more sparkling stories."
CHAEYOUNG: "Just like this very moment we are sharing right now, please always stay by TWICE's side, anytime and anywhere~~"
NAYEON: "Let's keep looking at each other for a long, long time. Thank you for today, and thank you for every single moment. TWICE's one and only, and our eternal 'number one'—our ONCE!"
TWICE: "ONCE, I love you."
Jihyo (ending ment): "This time, this massive 360-degree background and stage set was actually created by our ONCEs and your Candy Bongs. Thank you all so, so much, it was absolutely beautiful. Thank you!"
🚨 Nathaniel Brown to FC Bayern, here we go! Deal in place with Eintracht Frankfurt for the left back. 🔴⚪️
Never in doubt as Brown agreed terms weeks ago and only wanted Bayern move.
Fee will be €55m agreed with Markus Krösche.
Five year deal ready for Brown at Bayern, as @Plettigoal reports.
Growing up in Edmonton, Alphonso Davies tried all the sports, but his calling was always on the pitch: “I was a six-year-old boy who had been born in a refugee camp in Ghana to parents from Liberia. We had arrived in Canada just a year earlier, in Windsor, before moving to Edmonton. I remember waking up one day and seeing this white stuff lying on the ground outside. I was thinking, So what’s this? I went outside. I was wearing a T-shirt and shorts! I touched it. It was cold. My parents woke up and went outside, too. They took some cool pictures, haha.
It was so cold, though. To this day, I don’t like winter, even though I lived in Canada for so many years.
There were many things about Edmonton that I had to get used to. The housing, the schooling, how to make friends. I didn’t really know anyone there except my family, and I wasn’t as talkative as I am now. But when I started getting to know people, I was able to bring out the real me: A guy who is just humble and fun to be around.
My friends and I bonded over sports. I did track and field, basketball, volleyball. I tried to play hockey a little bit. I had a friend whose family owned a rink, and they opened it to the public. I didn’t know how to skate. I didn’t know how to tie a skate. My friend actually had to tie my laces. And then I just slid out on the ice and … I couldn’t stand. I was so bad!!
I tried it for like a day and that was it. Now I’m good. I’m not good — I’m O.K. I can stay on my feet. But put it this way: If I was a talent scout assessing Alphonso Davies the hockey player, there would be no doubt about the assessment.
‘This guy needs to go.’
Anyway, I wasn’t planning on making the NHL. My dad, Debeah, was playing football for an amateur team in Edmonton, and every weekend he would turn on the TV to watch Chelsea. So I grew up watching guys like Didier Drogba and Michael Essien. Chelsea became my team, too. And when I went to bed, I would dream about being like one of the big stars who played in Europe and scored goals and celebrated with tens of thousands of screaming fans.
(Btw, I also wanted to become an actor. I still do. But football was No.1.)” https://t.co/aXELbhLj6J
@AlphonsoDavies | @CanadaSoccerEN