Nigerian footballer, Ola Great has received an official trial invitation from the Spanish La Liga club, Sevilla FC, after a tweet requesting a trial with Sevilla went viral, amassing over 100,000 retweets.

Ola started trending after he took to the social media platform, X on January 20, to ask the club how many tweets it would take for him to have a football trial with them

The club responded with “100k retweets“ which sparked increased social media engagement and speculation about his chances. Eventually, the post got over 100,000 retweets

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Sevilla has now fulfilled their promise and asked fellow Nigerian and Sevilla FC D player Chimezie Paul Obi to make a video inviting Ola Great for a trial.

In a message shared on Sevilla’s official social media, Obi said, “Hello Ola, I am Obi Paul, I am a player of Sevilla FC D, and we would love for you to come and take a trial with our international team. We are waiting for you.”