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The negotiations of the precariat in the globalised world necessitates the understandings of invisibility and inaccessibility. The precarity experienced by the African undocumented football players is unconventional. The popularity of the game in the region precedes its official acknowledgement by Kerala State Football Federation. The football clubs find known and defaced players from African countries. The reception of the Malayalam movie Sudani from Nigeria validates the popular acknowledgement of the illegal presence of these foreigners. The popularity of the game normalises their illegal presence in the public space and makes them temporarily elusive of interpellation. Their presence in the ground is often with the unofficial sanction of the police force who are employed for ensuring propriety amongst the onlookers during the match. The unfamiliarity and distance that the local people exhibit towards them changes when the game season begins. The undocumented African sevens’ players in Malabar transforms into a privileged precariat during the match. The adoration of the fans, the opportunity and the exposure of the game transform the match into a subversive carnivalesque