Poverty e no go better for you o this boy no senior me for age o

ogbiwa:
Faiq Bolkiah’s on-pitch achievements are scarce. He represents Brunei at International level but hasn’t achieved much in the game.

Yet the midfielder still boasts a list of former clubs that includes Southampton, Chelsea and Leicester City, as well as a trial with Arsenal.

So why are we bringing him to your attention?

Because he’s rich. Filthy rich.

Bolkiah comes from wealth. His uncle is Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei, and in a 2019 article by the Insider it was reported that Hassanal has 500 Rolls-Royces and regularly spends $20,000 to get his hair cut.

Hassanal was once the richest man in the world, worth as much as $40 billion, and his nephew Faiq is one beneficiary of that.

Indeed, he’s even met the Queen.

Faiq is worth an estimated $20 billion, which makes him the richest footballer in the world by some distance.

By comparison, Cristiano Ronaldo is valued by Goal at £363 million.

Yet such riches haven’t afforded Faiq a fruitful football career and his career has just taken a turn for the worse.

The 23-year-old has been released by Portuguese side Maritimo after just more than a year at the club.

Competition was fierce for him in his youth days...
After playing youth football for AFC Newbury, Faiq signed a one-year deal with Southampton's famed youth academy in 2009.

He didn't quite turn enough heads to secure a full-time contract and went on trial at Arsenal in 2013, playing for the Gunners in the 2013 Lion City Cup.

Faiq got himself on the scoresheet in that tournament against a Singapore youth selection.

Alerted to his availability, Chelsea then swooped and offered him a two-year deal in 2014. But he left Stamford Bridge in December, 2015 to sign for Leicester in a three-year deal.

Despite not playing a professional game in England yet, Faiq has pulled on the international shirt of Brunei six times, finding the net once. He's even captained his national side.

Faiq's dad is quite the character...
He may have an innocent demeanour, but his father Jefri Bolkiah was known as the playboy of the Brunei royal family.

Jefri reportedly lived quite the life of excess, reportedly blowing around £10billion in 15-years as head of the Brunei Investment agency.

At one point, he was said to be spending £35m a month on cars, watches, erotic white gold pens and up to a £1m a hit on karaoke parties with a swarm of beautiful women.

Jefri was also believed to have owned 2,300 cars at the height of his wealth, including a fleet of Bentleys, Ferraris and Rolls-Royces.

However, his pride and joy is a yacht inappropriately called 'Tits' which had tenders called 'Nipple 1' and 'Nipple 2'.

Being a rich kid has its perks, especially if you're Faiq.

When dad Jefri wanted to celebrate his milestone 50th birthday, he also wanted to impress his then 7-year-old son.

So what did he do? He only flew in the 'King of Pop' Michael Jackson to perform a private concert for him and his family.

Jefri paid Jacko around £12.5 million for the privilege, which was chump change for the Brunei royal family.

Making sure Michael was suitably catered for, Jefri also built an entire stadium for the occasion.

But Faiq is determined to shun his riches to make it as a professional footballer...

“I’ve played football since as early as I can remember and from a young age I’ve always enjoyed going out on the field and having the ball at my feet,” he once said in a rare interview.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/5274553/faiq-bolkiah-rich-footballer-sultan-brunei/amp/

how come say nobody no am apart from. The OP

Jidemoo:
Arab money....Real definition of being born with a silver spoon

Is he Arab?

This is inherited wealth. In few years time, the West will make cruel oil irrelevant by introducing electric cars and anything that uses fuel will be using electricity. Let me see how they will sell their cruel oil and be flexing.

Jidemoo:
Arab money....Real definition of being born with a silver spoon

Brunei is not an Arabian country.

ArchiLimited:
Money worked for and money inherited. They're usually not on the same level

money is money bro, since it's yours!
gotten or gifted to u.

Jidemoo:
Arab money....Real definition of being born with a silver spoon

This one nah golden spoon not silver!

This kind of money he go get many concubines and paramours

JubrilBuhari:


shut up!
Yekini died a lunatic and a hungry beggar.
Google it!

No, you shut up. Can't you see he was joking?

Haircut for 20k dollars...mtchewweee

aribisala0:

Bastard kwa?
You sound bitter
Is he responsible for your predicament?

Bitter kwo?
You sound deluded.
Were you told I'm responsible for your own predicament?

ArchiLimited:
Money worked for and money inherited. They're usually not on the same level

money no wan know wether you work or wether you inherit am, Wetin matter na, get money

Jidemoo:
Arab money....Real definition of being born with a silver spoon

he is not Arab!

aribisala0:
You have bad mouth
Which generally is a reflection of the mind and generally a reflection of your life
But should we expect from those who eat bitter leaf with Kolanut

I don't need your empty motivational quotes and Sunday school message.

Yekini died of madness and hunger and you Nigerians abandoned him!

He dint make his money from football so it does not count. Ronald and messi are still the richest

Buddha3:


Bitter kwo?

You sound deluded.

Were you told I'm responsible for your own predicament?

Yes really embittered about life and other people's joy.

You are the architect of your predicament with your bitter thinking

paulolee:
I stopped reading wen I saw 500 rolls royce n 200k dolls for regular haircut which is 82m?? haabaaa na..
I remember a great philosopher once said " the world is like an arena, few came to fight and enjoy it, while the many others are just spectators".
I swear some people don flex life finish before 30 while others still de plan big tinz at 40..
this life no fit Ever balance n dts one of the wrongs of nature..
this kain news naim de put hustlers for serious thinking bt we moove

Those planning big things at 40 might be living more fulfilled life than those that has ‘flexed life completely’ at 30.

I’ll pick Ronaldo’s kind of money over this journey man footballer’s inherited wealth any day any time.

Enjoying the country’s wealth at the expense of the common citizen of Brunei is not being rich. What would the dad be doing with 500 Rolls Royces??…..England and the Uk will be laughing at such a man.

Isn’t that like saying that Sadaam Hussain or Gaddaffi’s children are happier and richer than ordinary Iraqi or Libyan kids…or Dj cuppy richer than a Funke Akindele…

Jidemoo:
Arab money....Real definition of being born with a silver spoon

Brunei is in south east Asia.

These are not Arabs.

RevolverOcelot:
This kind of money he go get many concubines and paramours



No, you shut up. Can't you see he was joking?

It's not something to joke about.
You Nigerians are wicked.
You abandoned your legend, and he died of hunger and madness.

https://www.nairaland.com/619870/legendary-footballer-rashidi-yekini-runs

aribisala0:

Yes really embittered about life and other people's joy.

You are the architect of your predicament with your bitter thinking

It's like you're rehearsing a rare degree of cosmic madness!

Where in my original comment did I hold reservations against any body's source of joy? Or are you suffering from a unique case of grammatical dismemberment?

Behave yourself! I don't like bullying children but your idiocy is starting to perch on borderline disrespect.

ArchiLimited:
Money worked for and money inherited. They're usually not on the same level

Pls kindly explain it clearly to the OP may be he will understand better.

JubrilBuhari:


shut up!
Yekini died a lunatic and a hungry beggar.
Google it!

I’ll choose Yekini over him. Yekini is a legend. He might have suffered depression but he had a large heart…and worked hard for his money, maybe grossly misunderstood….pls he was no lunatic.

Rip to him. He is my hero anyday.

ArchiLimited:
Money worked for and money inherited. They're usually not on the same level

They have the same purchasing power

Richer than davido's father.

MJBOLT:

how many times una go bring this boy matter
[s]For football nobody care how much money you get,na your impact for the game,people wan see[/s]

BIG LIES �

Adakintroy:
He not the the richest footballer as his proceed is not from football earnings.

That's like saying d.j cuppy is the richest d.j out there in Nigeria. True but not true.

All Ronaldo's earnings are from his football salary?

Jidemoo:
Arab money....Real definition of being born with a silver spoon

not arabs but asians

Buddha3:


It's like you're rehearsing a rare degree of cosmic madness!

Where in my original comment did I hold reservations against any body's source of joy? Or are you suffering from a unique case of grammatical dismemberment?

Behave yourself! I don't like bullying children but your idiocy is starting to perch on borderline disrespect.

It is clearly manifest who is rehearsing


Avoid bitter leaf soup and Kolanut for the time being

ArchiLimited:
Money worked for and money inherited. They're usually not on the same level

Money na money. Worked for or inherited..your account does not know the difference..

boyidoo:
Flamini is richer than him, and made his money himself not inherited


See screenshot below

Even though it is clearly stated that his estimated networth is $20billion, you still wanna argue that Flamini is richer with a networth of $14billion. Is 14 bigger than 20 or you just wanna show us you know Flamini?

Jidemoo:
Arab money....Real definition of being born with a silver spoon

Arabs??... Brunei is millions.... okay thousands of miles from the Middle East or Gulf.
They are a country in the Asia ring of hydrocarbon deposits that includes Indonesia another oil and gas giant.
...And they speak Malay..