JJ Watt is regarded as one of the best defensive ends of all time. With an illustrious career with great stats, Watt retired at the end of the 2022 season from the Arizona Cardinals. However, the football player hasn’t lost his interest and touch in sports. He has been getting more involved in his interesting retirement investment that involves one of the most popular sports on the planet: soccer.

Watt and his wife have gone on to invest in an English football club, Burnley FC. Since then, Watt has taken to Twitter to talk about the sport as well as showcase his growing interest in the soccer club he supports. He recently took to Twitter to share a momentous occasion on Twitter.

JJ Watt is one relieved owner

Every club in the English Premier League goes through relegation and promotion. While every club aims to be promoted up until the highest tier, they’re very afraid to be relegated. Watt’s club, Burnley was thankfully in a safe position. While they had been relegated a year ago, they were able to secure automatic promotion back into the highest tier after securing the first overall position in their tier.

However, there was a game today between Luton Town FC and Coventry for deciding the third and last position to be promoted. While watching this game, Watt took to Twitter to talk about the insane amount of money behind this game. Watt referenced the huge prize money that a club receives after being promoted. The amount comes up to a bit more than $200 million.

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After Watt’s soccer references went viral, fans took to Twitter to showcase their emotions for the new sport Watt seemed to be picking up.

Fans go off on Twitter with their love for Watt’s interest in soccer

Football and soccer fans alike were enamored by Watt’s interest in the game. They took to Twitter to show their excitement. One fan mentioned questioned if he’d consider having stakes in another club for the sake of rivalry.

Fans also mentioned hoe exciting the actual game for third place was.

As the ex-NFL star had chess in his picture, fans also challenged him to a game of chess.

Furthermore, fans applauded Watt’s efforts in learning a new game.

Finally, one fan mentioned the different kind of joy and sadness fans have when their clubs get relegated or promoted.

All in all, fans were very impressed with Watt’s knowledge and love for the sport of soccer. They seemed to be pleasantly surprised by his interest in it. While Watt’s club has gotten promoted to the English Premier League, they have some tough times ahead. It only remains to be seen how well Watt’s team will do in tier 1 of the league.

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