'I might have to unfollow' - Nigerians react as singer Ayra Starr uses Manchester United's Marcel Sabitzer as Twitter profile picture

Ayra Starr uses Marcel Sabitzer as Twitter dp ahead of release of upcoming single.

'I might have to unfollow' - Nigerians react as singer Ayra Starr uses Manchester United's Marcel Sabitzer as Twitter profile picture

David Ben 19:35 - 09.02.2023

The 'Rush' crooner has triggered reactions on social media having replaced her Twitter dp with a picture of Man United's January signing.

Nigerian singer and songwriter Ayra Starr has sparked reactions on social media over a recent activity on social media.

The Mavin superstar and ‘Rush’ crooner has been known to make the rounds over her posts and sometimes outfits on social media.

However, she appears to have caused a little bit of stir with a recent update on Twitter.

Ayra Starr uses Marcel Sabitzer as Twitter profile picture 

Ayra Starr/via Twitter

The talented singer has now changed her profile picture on popular social networking platform Twitter to that of Manchester United’s January signing - Marcel Sabitzer, in a move that seemingly was to promote the release of her upcoming single 'Sability'.

Ayra made the change on Thursday evening opting for a photo of the latest Red devil posing in the jersey number 15.

The number assigned to him upon his arrival from Bayern Munich on the winter transfer deadline day.

Sabitzer, 28, joined Manchester United on loan from the Bundesliga champions following the news of Christian Eriksen’s injury - a spell that is expected to keep him out of action until April.

Sabitzer joined Manchester United on a six month loan from Bayern Munich

Erik ten Hag requested a back up for the Danish midfielder and the Old Trafford heirarchy were able to secure the services of his Austrian counterpart.

Sabitzer has already made  his debut three for the Premier League giants, coming on a substitute in the Premier League win against Crystal Palace, making him the first Austrian to ever play for the club.

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Social Media Reactions

Following Ayra Starr's recent activity on Twitter, here's how fans have reacted:

Who is Ayra Starr?

Ayra Starr/via Twitter

Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe popularly known as ‘Ayra Starr’ is a singer, songwriter and performing artiste under one of Africa’s biggest music labels Mavin Records.

The 22-year-old superstar is famous for hits like Bloody Samaritan, Away, and most recently Rush amongst others.

Her most recent single ‘Rush’ currently boasts over 55 million streams on Spotify with the visuals to the song having already amassed 87 million views on YouTube.

Touted as one of the future stars of Afrobeat, the ‘Sabi girl’ recently amassed 200 million total streams on Boomplay.

She also has a new single ‘Sability’ slated for release on Friday, February 10.