A Malaysian teenager is set to become the first ever under-18 professional footballer in the Belgian League, which is ranked the tenth best league in Europe by the Union of European Football Associations (Uefa).
Malay Mail reported that Belgium club KV Kortrjik has agreed to sign 17-year-old Luqman Hakim Shamsuddin on a five-year deal.
The news portal reported that the Kelantan-born lad, a product of Ministry of Youths and Sports’ own National Football Development Programme (NFDP), will start training with Cardiff City FC in the United Kingdom next year, before officially signing a contract when he turns 18 next March.
(Malaysian tycoon Vincent Tan owns both Cardiff City FC and KV Kortrjik, in case you're wondering)
While we are all excited over the news, it seems like the Belgian football club is more excited than us, judging by this pretty hilarious tweet:
⏳ Incoming pic.twitter.com/sAb904SRP6
— KV Kortrijk (@kvkofficieel) September 20, 2019
Malaysians, naturally, had a field day replying to the tweet:
brace yourself ? pic.twitter.com/jI35P7XAIR
— Dark (@ginadark69) September 20, 2019
— Padang Bola Sepak ?⚡️ (@padangbolasepak) September 20, 2019
We, Malaysians will be flooding your club's social media account sooner than expected, and you know why..?❤
— ARNEZ HAMIDI - LoneWolf (@ArnezHamidi) September 20, 2019
Congratulations @kvkofficieel , you just got 30 mil new supporters ????
— ADSatiman™ (@ADSatiman) September 20, 2019
Might as well start tweeting in English, or...........Bahasa Melayu. ?
— Adri (@adrizamri) September 20, 2019
Knock..knock..knock..
— saiful bahri (@saifulchichi) September 20, 2019
Hello..anyone there..Malaysian here..im coming inside ya..will learn Belgian language sooner..
Congratulations, Luqman! Go out there and make us proud, yeah?