AS Roma Has Launched A Nigerian Pidgin English Twitter Account

Since AS Roma tweeted their support for the Super Eagles at the 2018 World Cup, there’s no doubt that the club has fallen even more in love with Nigeria. Now, they’ve taken that love to the next level by launching a Nigerian Pidgin English account on Twitter.

Introducing @ASRomaPidgin #ASRoma become first European football club to launch Nigerian Pidgin English Twitter account #NaijaTwitter

Full story: https://t.co/j82XgryNGQ pic.twitter.com/OGk6WdbQa6

— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) March 20, 2019

The new account (@ASRomaPidgin) intends to help foster better communication between the European club and fans in Nigeria. What’s more, it’s being run out of Lagos – which means we shouldn’t be expecting anything less than the vibrant lingua franca in the city.

We’ve seen football clubs open social media accounts in various languages – Arabic, Italian, Spanish, French, and even Chinese – but AS Roma is the first major European football club to create an official social media profile specifically to communicate directly with followers in Nigeria.

Check out some tweets from the new account:

When you wan go play club football but international break dey hold you

pic.twitter.com/mgkDaYoCXu

— AS Roma Pidgin (@ASRomaPidgin) March 20, 2019

Na #InternationalDayOfHappiness, but our next game na 11 days from now.

Make una wake me after International break, abeg #ASRoma pic.twitter.com/oV898I4Uvc

— AS Roma Pidgin (@ASRomaPidgin) March 20, 2019

Kostas Manolas don dey shake body wella now, afta time wey hin no dey wit squad becos of wounjur.

#ASRoma pic.twitter.com/vO98xjFCwY

— AS Roma Pidgin (@ASRomaPidgin) March 19, 2019