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20th Feb 2017

Romelu Lukaku’s bothered-not-bothered reaction to not being upgraded on FIFA is great

He couldn't let it pass without saying something

Nooruddean Choudry

Better luck next time Romelu.

You know that feeling when something is really bugging you, but you try and act like you’re above it all and not really that arsed, when you clearly are? Well, that. We’ve all been there.

You tell yourself it’s not worth commenting on, but it burrows away into your head and you can’t let it pass without blurting something out. More often than not you immediately regret it.

The best you can hope for is to seem only vaguely miffed and largely indifferent. Well it seems that even very rich and successful footballers can be just as petty as the likes of you and I.

Everton’s Romelu Lukaku is in blistering form this season, but hasn’t been upgraded in FIFA’s latest change in rankings. He simply had to say something, and did so via his Twitter account…

https://twitter.com/RomeluLukaku9/status/832866566026960898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

In fairness to the big man, he at least got his message across with good humour, and he wasn’t without support for his social media shade. Many agreed. At least FIFA know how much they matter to world-class players…

https://twitter.com/OUALID010/status/832874576120016896