Wycombe midfielder Nnamdi Ofoborh received a special message from Manchester United star and World Cup winner Paul Pogba.
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After Adebayo Akinfenwa received a WhatsApp video call from Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp on Monday evening, Wanderers started an online campaign for the 27-year-old to get in touch with Wycombe’s number 28, with Pogba happily getting in touch.
Ofoborh joined the club on loan from Bournemouth last summer.
In the video message, Pogba said: “I just wanted to congratulate you on your promotion to the Championship.
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“I heard about your long journey inside and outside football, and for sure, it is not easy, it is very difficult what you did.
“And I just wanted to wish you the best and carry on – keep doing what you’re doing and I’ll be looking after you and looking at you until you get to the Premier League.”
@paulpogba you don’t know what this means to me. thank you boss. i can’t breathe right now. PP ❤️ pic.twitter.com/V9hcpa6qdb
— N O (@NnamdiOfoborh4) July 15, 2020
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The video has since been retweeted over 1,000 times on Twitter, and has been watched 144,000 times.
In his response, Ofoborh said: “You don’t know what this means to me.
“Thank you, boss.
“I can’t breathe right now.”
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