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In recent times, NFL star, Chad Johnson has been quite active on social media chatting with soccer fans. The former wide receiver was a renowned NFL player who also spent a season playing with Tom Brady. The NFL star went viral for his antics during the World Cup. Johnson decided to have some fun and he was laying the odds against Lionel Messi’s penalty in the World Cup final. He posted on Twitter that he would propose to his girlfriend if Messi scored the penalty.

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Yesterday, Johnson posted a picture that had some of the most iconic soccer jerseys of all time. The NFL star was confused about what he should wear for an upcoming Bengals game. Hence, he asked his fans for their opinion.

Fans go bonkers after seeing Chad Johnson’s iconic jersey collection!

Quite a few soccer fans went crazy after looking at Chad Johnson’s tweet. But honestly, Johnson really has some top soccer jerseys from across decades. Johnson posted a photo that had six soccer jerseys from his collection. Those six jerseys had the names Batistuta, Nakata, Weah, Bergkamp, Okocha, and Ronaldinho printed on their back. Soccer fans from around the world literally drooled after looking at some of those prints.

Let’s have a look at how the fans reacted to Johnson’s dilemma.

The comments section of that post was filled with a wide range of answers. There were a few non-soccer fans who did not understand the significance of these jerseys. Those particular fans just told Johnson to wear a Bengals jersey and get on with it. However, the soccer fans went crazy. Quite a few soccer fans remembered the iconic George Weah jersey from his days at AC Milan.

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Some other fans also asked the NFL star to choose Bergkamp’s jersey because of its corresponding orange color and also as a tribute to Arsenal’s fine form on the pitch this season. Apart from this, Chad Johnson is not the only NFL star that the soccer universe speaks about.

Why was Tom Brady compared to Cristiano Ronaldo?

A few days ago, Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ NFL season came to a sad end. Tom Brady and his team were shockingly knocked out of the NFL in the Wild Card round. After the game, everyone wanted Brady to address the elephant in the room. However, the NFL legend didn’t seem like he was in the mood to talk about his retirement yet.

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However, the fans did not react well to the NFL legend’s vanilla answers. The common trend on social media that day was that Tom Brady has now “hung around for too long and left a bad taste”. The fans were drawing comparisons between Tom Brady and Cristiano Ronaldo. A few NFL experts strongly feel that Brady will return back to the NFL next season, but with a different team.

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What was your favorite jersey from Chad Johnson’s collection? And, do you honestly want Tom Brady to be around the NFL for yet another season? Let us know in the comments below.