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I Am Treated Like A King In Nigeria ..iwobi by alobright17(m): 12:00am On Dec 10, 2016
Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi says he's treated "like a king" in Nigeria having pledged his international future to the country.

Iwobi, 20, grew up in England after moving to the country from Lagos, Nigeria, when he was four years old.Even though he played for England's Under-16s, Under-17s and Under-18s, Iwobi swapped his allegiance to the Super Eagles in 2015 and has gone on to make seven appearances so far.
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Everyone appreciates you [in Nigeria], you’re almost like a king!" he told the Guardian . "When I arrived at the airport I thought, I’ll just have my earphones in, but everyone was like ‘Iwobi! Iwobi!’ Oh gosh. Hi guys!"I didn't know what to expect. It was just mad. I always go with Kelechi Iheanacho. When we go we get escorted. Because I’m not used to the Nigerian culture as much as they are, they do help me with it.
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I can’t really speak the language that well. They help me with the fans. The fans are very different there. They don’t ask me for autographs, they ask for boots, money."

At my debut we played in a stadium that holds 30,000 and there was 60,000 – I don’t understand how. People were standing on the floodlights, on the scoreboard," he added. "I was thinking, ‘What? This isn't even safe!’
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But people there will do anything to watch the match. Sometimes in a Premier League game the fans are a bit quiet but in Nigeria you just hear trumpets, everything. The atmosphere is so different compared to England.
Re: I Am Treated Like A King In Nigeria ..iwobi by Nobody: 12:25am On Dec 10, 2016
Good to hear that bro! But lemme ask u o Iwobi no vex 'If to say u no give your fans for Naija money wetin u wan give them before, autographs? grin grin for what?? Bros lemme tell you down here we don't value signatures what we value is the outcome;Money. #IwobiTakeNote
Re: I Am Treated Like A King In Nigeria ..iwobi by alobright17(m): 12:41pm On Dec 10, 2016
ugolance:
Good to hear that bro! But lemme ask u o Iwobi no vex 'If to say u no give your fans for Naija money wetin u wan give them before, autographs? grin grin for what?? Bros lemme tell you down here we don't value signatures what we value is the outcome;Money. #IwobiTakeNote

This his interview got me cracking.....maybe he was having his pen waiting to sign some autographs grin grin

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