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Nigerian rapper Reminisce voiced his displeasure at Lionel Messi winning the 2023 Ballon d'Or, claiming the Argentine was 'gifted' the award.
Lionel Messi's eighth Ballon d'Or continues to be a source of controversy with many believing Erling Haaland was more deserving and one of such people is Nigerian rapper Reminisce.
Remilekun Khalid Safaru, known more popularly by his stage name 'Reminisce' and/or other names such as 'Alaga Ibile' or 'Baba Hafusa' was vehement in his belief that Messi was not the rightful winner of the 2023 Ballon d'Or.
The rapper made the statement on the Zero Conditions Podcast, where he also voiced his opinion on the GOAT debate, the 2022 FIFA World Cup and other football matters.
Reminisce on Lionel Messi's Ballon d'Or
Reminisce started the conversation by saying, "I'm a Ronaldo fan boy" which gave context for his beliefs about Messi's Ballon d'Or.
"He didn't win anything, he was gifted, everybody knows this. I said this last year, Cristiano Ronaldo is the one true GOAT, Lionel Messi is FIFA's creation," said Reminisce.
He went on to claim the 2022 FIFA World Cup which Argentina won in Qatar was scripted, "World Cup yen, it was a well-written script."
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He rounded off that conversation by praising Cristiano Ronaldo, "dedicated, no hobby, no side hustle, no tattoo...play ball. Wake up play ball, sleep play ball."
Reminisce on Manchester United
Aga is also popular for his identification with Manchester United and he was very direct in articulating his thoughts on the current situation of the club.
"Manchester United is a football club that has refused to go with what modern football demands now," Reminisce said on the current state of his favourite club."
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"There's this exceptional demand or request from the British United fans to want a British core in that team that has been messing the team up for a decade."
"Making foreign players the scape goat has become the order of the day in that football club, there is a pattern, there has been a clear pattern from Pogba to De Gea"
"Manchester United is a molotov cocktail, old ex-players who feed off the football club, they go together and speak against the manager, when it's their friend in charge they don't speak."
"They want one of them in charge, class of 92' want one of them in charge as well and the Glazers have not allowed one of them in, that's why a lot of them were angry with Mourinho when Giggs left, that's why they never really accepted Mourinho."
"I'm happy that a lot of you are beginning to see through the PR, there's a lot of PR, if you search United fan accounts now, they've been credited."
Reminisce on football punditry
Besides music and acting, Reminisce is also a football pundit, with a radio show on popular sports station, Brila FM and he was happy to share his thoughts on the state of football punditry and commentary.
"I always tell people if you want to watch the EPL, try not to watch the British pundits, watch the proper European guys or the Arabic guys. These guys will legit make you believe Harry Maguire is a better defender than Van Dijk."
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"These guys legit told us De Gea is the reason United is not playing the type of football they should play, they legit told us Ronaldo cannot press, that Ronaldo is the problem but Man U have not pressed in one single game since Ronaldo left."
"Ronaldo could not press, has Rashford pressed? I'm not saying Ronaldo can press, what I'm saying is you do not say the team is playing badly or poorly because Ronaldo cannot press, now Ronaldo has left, nobody is pressing."
"This is a team that scored less than 53 goals, same amount of goals as Brentford, Aston Villa...bla bla bla... Wolves," Reminisce rounded off the football discussion.
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