Football
lovers who watched the England’s pre-World Cup friendly with Nigeria on
Saturday seem to have a beef with Dele Alli each time the footballer gained
access to the ball.
Bamidele
Jermaine Alli, popularly known as Dele Alli, is an English professional
footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur
and the England national team.
Born
on April 11, 1996 to Nigerian father, Kenny and English mother, Denise, Alli
was raised in Milton Keynes.
In
the run-up to the World Cup when a national team was being assembled for
Nigeria, Alli opted to play for his country of birth, England.
This
didn’t seem to sit well with Nigerian football fans who see his decision as not
good enough.
Alli
is not new to controversy, though, as FIFA once banned the England midfielder
for one international match following his middle-finger gesture in the 2018
World Cup qualifier against Slovakia late 2017.
He
was also fined 5,000 Swiss francs (£3,852) by the governing body, which
described the gesture as “offensive and unsporting.”
Nigerians took to Twitter to discuss why Alli was
booed throughout the Nigeria-England Friendly, which England won 2:1.
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