The latest appearance of the former Dutch star Wesley Sneijder shocked the football fans due to his unsportsmanlike appearance, and the communication platforms were ignited with sarcastic and surprising comments about the situation of the player who participated in the 2010 World Cup final in South Africa.
Sports pages circulated a picture of Schneider from a friendly match organized to support civilians affected by the Russian war on Ukraine, and he appeared to be clearly overweight.
Des nouvelles de Wesley Sneijder en action lors d'un match de charité pour l'Ukraine pic.twitter.com/U7tOp9TcpP
— Foot Mercato (@footmercato) April 8, 2022
Tweeters compared Sneijder's last photo to his photos when he was a former player in Inter Milan, Real Madrid and Galatasaray, and the vast difference between them.
Others expressed their shock at the state that Schneider reached to become in this body after he was a "gazelle" on the field, as one of them described.
💥 Savaşın yaşandığı Ukrayna'ya destek amacıyla düzenlenen maçta oynayan Hollandalı yıldız futbolcu Wesley Sneijder, aldığı kilolarla herkesi şaşırttı!
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— Ajansspor (@ajansspor) April 8, 2022
Some commentators were surprised by the significant decline in the Dutch player's fitness, even though he retired from football in 2019 only, and compared him to Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, who continues to shine in the stadiums at the same age as Schneider.
Wesley Sneijder now looks like Sean Paul.
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— Cornel✠ (@KoneMoheavy) April 8, 2022
Vous vous rappelez de ce joueur ?
😅🇳🇱 pic.twitter.com/jARWangERw
— Footballogue⭐️⭐️ (@Footballogue) April 7, 2022
I swear to God, I didn't believe that this Wesley Schneider who is still retired from there is no 🤪 pic.twitter.com/PdkEe80TTS
— Omar | Omar (@OmarElmanamy) April 8, 2022
Schneider has been a football champion for two years only!!
I am a legend like this 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/LIWUDTrc5T
— Waseem Wasfy (@WasfyWaseem) April 8, 2022
Wesley Schneider 👀 📸
2012
🆚
2022 pic.twitter.com/5R70del7JZ
— kora11.com (@kora11) April 7, 2022
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