Influencer Mel Pops opens up about Lions players: “It was during the World Cup”

Mel Pops says in a YouTube video that several Lions of Teranga players contacted her privately during the 2026 World Cup in the United States. She says the messages came after she posted a video wearing a Senegal jersey and that some players invited her to join them, but she declined to name them. The 26-year-old influencer, who has nearly 500,000 TikTok followers, says she did not accept the invitations and jokingly questions what players did outside training and matches.