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See ehn, Faiq Bolkiah don dey prepare to switch club o! This guy, wey be former academy player, dey on top serious matter to join DPMM FC for India M-League this January transfer window. E no be say him dey craze for ball, na him family wealth wey make sense pass Cristiano Ronaldo own wey dey push am to make am for football.
Wetin be dias? Faiq na the son of Prince Jefri Bolkiah, and him dey follow the line of the Sultan of Brunei. This guy no need football money, because him get better £15 billion fortune. E don start to play since him dey small, and despite all the money wey dey for him side, he dey hustle like person wey need am.
Born for California, dis guy don waka enter UK where e don play with big names like Chelsea, Arsenal, and Southampton. Na wah! Him fit afford Bradfield College wey dey cost £58,000 every year, but he no dey use that one carry shoulder high. After signing for Leicester City, the guy no fit even show face for senior match. Wetin dem dey talk for una side?
After him UK saga, he migrate reach Thailand, where he don play for Chonburi FC before dem transfer am to Ratchaburi. And him don also wear Brunei national team shirt six times. Na so e be, Ratchaburi don ready to release am, and DPMM, wey don return to M-League this year, dey show interest to sign am. Wetin ful dem?
Faiq get money pass David Beckham e family wey dey worth £500m, na almost 40 times richer. E go fit buy whole England football team if him want, but him still dey keep am real and humble. Faiq train with stars like Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Tammy Abraham, and dem dey always talk say him be down-to-earth guy. E no go dey make you feel he be royal or anything, e dey grind like as if him get naira for pocket.
As e dey try to come back from injury wey waka come happen, he don drop message for Instagram say e go stay positive to bounce back again. This guy, wahala no dey fit contain am. He show us say money no fit replace hard work. E uncle, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, na world longest-reigning monarch, and him get wealth wey dey worth £37bn, so you fit guess the kind level dis family dey.
For Brunei, dem dey enjoy oil and gas riches, and the Sultan dey live for world largest palace, Istana Nurul Iman, wey get 1,788 rooms o! How yawa no go dey, when different kind wealth dey for front?
So, keep your eyes on Faiq as e dey prepare to light up M-League. E fit no be typical football superstar wey we sabi, but e dey ready to show say hustle no dey limit by money alone.
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