As e be like this, if you be Raphinha fan, abeg no near your phone too much because wetin we hear today fit give you high BP.
Dem talk say for this year Ballon d’Or ranking, Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz, and even Achraf Hakimi go finish higher than our guy Raphinha.
Wait first, Raphinha wey dey Barcelona?
Na the same Raphinha wey dey carry Barca wing like pure water?
Omo, make we talk this thing small-small, because confusion dey like NEPA bill this year.
How Raphinha take reach here?
To be fair, Raphinha get one kind season. E try o — some goals, some assists, some dribbles wey make defenders dey ask for substitute. But Barcelona as a whole dey struggle like Nigeria economy.
Plus, fans no too dey feel Raphinha like before. E still get talent, yes, but many people dey reason say e never reach Ballon d’Or kind level.
Still, the question wey dey pain everybody be: “Vitinha and Fabian Ruiz? Over Raphinha?!”
Who dey collect these votes sef? Na AI or bias?
Because this ranking no dey add up.
Vitinha, that small but mighty baller from PSG, get one hot season. E dey everywhere for midfield, score some screamers, and people dey hail am say e don finally mature. Cool.
Fabian Ruiz, steady performer, control tempo, pass like him dey play jazz music. Alright, we go nod.
But then Hakimi join dem for this list — and even though the guy sabi ball, we still dey ask: Na defenders dey top attackers now? Abi na new Ballon d’Or format dem use this year?
Wetin Raphinha fans dey talk?
Dem dey vex o!
One guy for Twitter talk say, “If dribbling, goals and assists no count again, make dem just give the award to referees.”
Another one say, “Raphinha dey suffer because e no get hype like others. If to say e dey PSG or Premier League, e for enter top 10 easy.”
Some even accuse Ballon d’Or voters of “playing console football instead of watching real life.”
Abi na Barcelona curse?
We need to talk about am — because recently, e be like say Barça players dey always get low rank unless your name be Messi.
Dem no dey even reason Gavi, Pedri, Araujo… even Lewandowski dey struggle to enter top 5.
Raphinha na just the latest victim of the “Camp Nou downgrade.”
If dem no perform miracle next season, all of dem fit carry pillow go Ballon d’Or gala, because sleep go better pass waiting dem go see.
Should Raphinha even vex?
Maybe small.
But make e also focus on him game — next season, na time to shut everybody up with stats wey dem no fit ignore. 20 goals, 20 assists, or make e just cook Real Madrid anyhow home and away.
Because if Vitinha dey pass am now, na warning signal say e need rebrand him football CV.
Final Yarn: Ballon d’Or wahala no be today
Every year, somebody go vex. Somebody mama go call journalist. Somebody go type long thread for X (Twitter).
But this one sweet anyhow — because Raphinha vs Vitinha vs Fabian Ruiz vs Hakimi no be beef we expect to trend.
So who go finish higher?
Na dem sabi. But for Pidgin Blog, we go still shout:
“Justice for Raphinha!”
Stay tuned! TPB go dey follow this matter like Arsenal fans dey follow title race — with hope, tears, and popcorn.
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