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The Drake Curse: Is It Real?
First came the Aaron Ramsey curse, a bizarre social media trend that linked Aaron Ramsey scoring a goal, with celebrities dying soon afterwards. Now we have the Drake curse, a far less malevolent trend which suggests that links football players having photos taken with the rapper before going on to lose their next game. So how many players have fallen victim to the curse so far?
Romelu Lukaku
The Belgian forward posted a snap with the rapper on the 13th March and, three days later, Man United were knocked out of the FA Cup by Wolves after a 2-1 defeat.
Ovo x Roc Boy.
Dope experience with a humble dude ? pic.twitter.com/PAirDIMOjR— R.Lukaku Bolingoli9 (@RomeluLukaku9) 13 March 2019
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
After the Gabon striker attended one of Drake’s London concerts on the third of April, they posed together for a photo. It did the Gunners no favours whatsoever as they lost to Everton 1-0 in their next fixture.
Man Utd’s purple patch under Ole is well & truly over, Tottenham in horrendous form atm & Drake now striking his curse on Arsenal which only means 1 thing? Top 4 is in the bag for Chelsea. ? pic.twitter.com/TULhjnlD0u
— ᴮʳʸᵃⁿ (@ChelseaFCBryan) 3 April 2019
Sergio Aguero
The Man City striker was the next to suffer. Is it just strikers who go to Drake concerts? He also attended one of the rappers shows before missing a penalty in their Champions League first leg defeat to Tottenham.
Layvin Kurzawa
PSG suffered their worst defeat in 19 years as they were humbled 5-1 by Lille at the weekend, prolonging their wait to win the Ligue Un title. What happened in the build up? You guessed it. Defender Layvin Kurzawa went to see Drake and had a photo taken with him.
Wilfried Zaha
After Man City were Draked during the week in the Champions League, they desperately needed the curse to be lifted before travelling to Crystal Palace on Sunday. Fortunately, Palace’s most dangerous player, Wilfried Zaha, had a photo taken with Drake during the week. Palace went on to lose 3-1.
AS Roma
So it seems as though the curse could be real. Either that or footballers need to stop going to late concerts before playing in big matches. Either way, Serie A side AS Roma were taking no chances.
All Roma players banned from taking photos with Drake until the end of the season
— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) 15 April 2019