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Belgian football star Amadou Onana stunned fans with a perfect English accent as he berated a journalist for getting his name wrong at Euro 2024.
Following Belgium’s shock 1-0 defeat to Slovakia in their opening group match, midfielder Onana was answering interview questions in French when an English journalist tried to get his attention but was incorrectly called Andre.
Without missing a beat, Onana mockingly responded with an impeccable English accent and said, “Andre isn’t even my name, dude. “Do you know what I mean?” Before calmly returning to her initial interview.
The journalist probably confused the Everton midfielder with André Onana, the Cameroonian Manchester United goalkeeper who practically does not play in the Euro Cup.
Video of the incident has since gone viral on social media, with fans delighting in Onana’s seamless switch from French to sarcastic English in the blink of an eye.
“That accent is so perfect that UEFA should forget about the Belgium internationals and let him play for England,” wrote one fan on Twitter/X, while another commented: “Brother has a better English accent than most English people.” .
Reddit was equally captivated by the 22-year-old’s smooth movements, with one user writing: “I actually burst out laughing hearing this. The change to English is very fun.”
Onana has impressed at Everton since joining in August 2022 and is expected to join Arsenal or another Champions League club this summer.
However, before his club’s future is resolved, he will focus on helping Belgium in the round of 16 of Euro 2024. Although Slovakia’s defeat (in which Romelu Lukaku had two goals disallowed by VAR) was disappointing, they are still big favorites to beat Romania. and Ukraine in the two remaining games, which would ensure a place in the round of 16.
