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La Liga adopts Nigerian slang ‘Gbe body’ to announce Oshoala’s new Barça deal [Photo]
The official Twitter handle of Spanish football league, La Liga, wowed many Nigerians on social media when it announced Asisat Oshoala’s new deal with Barcelona’s female team.
WuzupNaija reports that the Super Falcons forward, on Friday, signed a permanent three years contract with Barcelona after an impressive loan spell from Chinese champions Dalian Quanjian.
Announcing the new deal via its verified handle dedicated to its English speaking fans @LaLigaEN, it tweeted a video of Oshoala in action for Barcelona with a caption written in pidgin English.
LaLiga tweeted,
“Super Falcons forward, Asisat Oshoala don sign contract for @FCBfemeni till 2022. Omo beta to gbe body.”
Italian club, AS Roma seems to be the only known European football club to have a Twitter handle which occasionally tweets in pidgin, identifying with millions of football-loving Nigerian on social media.
See screenshot of the tweet:
See the tweet:
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Super Falcons forward, Asisat Oshoala don sign contract for @FCBfemeni till 2022. Omo beta to gbe body! ✍️ pic.twitter.com/QasWFF5su1
— LaLiga (@LaLigaEN) June 4, 2019
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