With social media running rampant these days, there are many different challenges people want to make when they see a celebrity. One of these challenges is to nutmeg Ronaldinho, but doing this needs prior permission from the star himself.
You can’t simply approach Ronaldinho
It’s really telling when you get to see Ronaldinho in his element, doing what he loves the most all around the world. Despite having retired a few years back, the Brazilian legend still goes on promotional tours where he plays football matches for charity. With social media running rampant these days, there are many different challenges people want to make when they see a celebrity. One of these challenges is to nutmeg Ronaldinho, but doing this needs prior permission from the star himself. You can’t simply approach Ronaldinho with a camera and attempt to nutmeg him. In Brazil, the nutmeg is a great insult amongst footballers. There’s an old video of Carles Puyol hanging out with him where ‘Dinho’ attempts to nutmeg his former teammate; Carles doesn’t take it too kindly, as nobody should.
TikTok star Ferjani Safi nutmegged the Brazilian star
It all happened during his visit to Manta, where Ronaldinho is doing charity work and supporting a local underage football tournament. There was an initial video from TikTok star Martijn Debbaut, who seemingly agreed to nutmeg Ronaldinho on camera. In the video, the Brazilian star does open his legs to get that nutmeg. A previously agreed-upon affair that the TikTok star will remain grateful for the rest of his life. However, another TikTok star didn’t ask for Ronaldinho’s permission. His name is Ferjani Safi, and he does it as some of his friends distract the retired footballer. Immediately after getting the nutmeg, Ronaldinho doesn’t respond well to this.
Ronaldinho seems to kick the ball right on the other man’s face in his response that wasn’t fully captured on camera. Ferjani Safi posted the video with the following caption: “I NUTMEGGED @ronaldinho,” which must’ve been pretty insulting for him. We have no idea what happened after that, but we can tell you our beloved star wasn’t too happy about any of this.