How a Fake Footballer Lied His Way Into The Premier League

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10 ай бұрын

Ali Dia is the greatest trickster in football history. Ali Dia managed to convince everybody that he was the cousin of George Weah and was able to use this story to his advantage to play multiple different professional leagues including going from the fifth tier of French football to the English Premier league in just three years playing with Southhampton. Dia managed to use his George Weah story to convince Graeme Souness to let him play for Southampton and eventually got to play against Leeds United. In the match he would do as well as you would expect from a non league footballer playing in the Premier League: Horrible. His performance earned him the great quote from Matt Le Tessier: "He looked like bambi on ice".
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@JohnRonson88 10 ай бұрын

No matter how many times I hear this story, it still gets me in hysterics every time seeing Dia get subbed on in a premier league match.

@pacyguy7144 10 ай бұрын

Same bro I can't stop laughing when I see his highlights video, and the chant as well, aliii diiiiyyaaaa he's a liar he's a liarrrrrr lmao

@toffeelatte6042 8 ай бұрын

It's even funnier that he nearly scored.

@robinhood3926 5 ай бұрын

Bear in mind they had a lot of injuries

@kims4495 3 ай бұрын

I honestly can't understand how he duped everyone. We had phones in the 90s, fax machines as well. Call the Senegalese FA or PSG, and they will tell the truth.

@walterlebzax9585 9 ай бұрын

He's not a conman, he's simply genius.

@big-mike2955 10 ай бұрын

Legendary😅😅🥃 & Maybe he's related to Harry Maguire.

@Obresedk96 10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 they are distant cousins 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

@mafcgh 10 ай бұрын

I've seen a few videos on the Ali Dia story but this is definitely the most detailed one I've seen. I never knew he did the same thing to so many clubs before Southampton! Great video

@rewind2play 10 ай бұрын

He could play for Everton now😮

@pato2200 10 ай бұрын

I thought he did

@greenhenryYT 10 ай бұрын

I'd have him!

@lifetransformer 9 ай бұрын

❤

@noneofyourbizness 10 ай бұрын

Ali should take up politics in UK. lying and thieving his way through life , he'd make a perfect tory

@stuartpenman6387 10 ай бұрын

aww bless you think the UK has parties

@unknownguy-le1hr 10 ай бұрын

He would make a great left winger. Left wingers lie all the time

@DannyP_rockedtheboat 10 ай бұрын

*politician

@alanwann9318 10 ай бұрын

He would make a good Tory M.P

@stuartpenman6387 10 ай бұрын

@@alanwann9318 awww bless , you work for the BBC by any chance?LOL

@DizzyMakavelli 9 ай бұрын

Need to make a video about Carlos Kaiser a dude who “played” for a lot of clubs in Brazil without even know how to play. Man... That was wild, dude was even the favorite player of a Mafia Boss that owned his club.

@imzak3563 8 ай бұрын

He would have earned himself a long term lucrative career if only he was truly good at playing....

@sadflamer23 Ай бұрын

kaiser enter the chat

@pacyguy7144 10 ай бұрын

Legendary story never fails to crack me up, ali dya forever a Southampton legend 🙌🏽❤

@mondayonuigbo5700 8 ай бұрын

🤣🤣

@pacyguy7144 8 ай бұрын

@@mondayonuigbo5700 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@santotukube8351 8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@jeremyazpilicueta-robinson5043 9 ай бұрын

He was [probably] using Jinns.

@turns2ashes 10 ай бұрын

I remember watching this game, as a Southampton fan I am used to low points but this takes the biscuit

@Steveinthailand 9 ай бұрын

Lol...after watching this hilarious video, i read up on Ali and found out I know his son! He plays for Ayutthaya Utd in the second tier of Thai League. As a former Thai League footie reporter, I know him well. Wow! What a coincidence! Ayutthaya are not a bad team, and Thai League 2 is a professional League offering very decent salaries for imported players. His son must be a 100 times better than his dad ever was!

@hassinho 10 ай бұрын

Great documentary of a great player 🔥

@BruceLeroyUK 8 ай бұрын

Everytime I hear this story, I'm in hysterics 😂😂😂. I'm surprised that they haven't made this story into a movie. 😅😅

@Jj_2723 10 ай бұрын

This was so funny bro😂 good job

@gabrielmacharia5421 9 ай бұрын

This detailed story got you my subscription 🙌

@emmanuel-rq4sn 10 ай бұрын

When African Prince decided to play football 😂😂😂

@Random-tb1xr 10 ай бұрын

Fr lol

@Mcnamara2 10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@dericktush7210 10 ай бұрын

🤣

@salsadancer4965 9 ай бұрын

Incredible. Impressive. If he scored that would be the icing.

@eminix2132 9 ай бұрын

The guy was smart😂😂😂

@Ducac321 10 ай бұрын

I'm not sure about the validity of that MBA degree... :D

@andreiiuliandjandi 8 ай бұрын

He was on fire 😂😂😂😂

@majobho2034 10 ай бұрын

Bambi on ice.

@tourgecko 9 ай бұрын

That someone claimed to be George Weah's cousin and none of those clubs bothered to contact George Weah for confirmation and went ahead to sign a player on that premise, means the clubs are even worse than this player. Total junk junk yard clubs.

@petesmart1983 8 ай бұрын

George weahs real cousin was playing for arsenal at the time too Christopher wreh which made it even more bizarre

@markouljancic975 7 ай бұрын

I think most of ppl in the World dont know all of their cousins...

@MarianLivingLife 5 ай бұрын

Thank you 👏🏽👏🏽

@jaybuck9124 15 күн бұрын

How can a victim be worse than the deceiver, Im sorry but you're tripping

@starofdavid9919 10 ай бұрын

Certainly not the only footballer to fake it, seen so many over the years, some have even became millionaires.

@mathewvanostin7118 8 ай бұрын

Before 2000. A lot of people used to lie they played in some big club in a foreign country where its very unlikely they gonna check Like lying you played for dynamo kiev. Or olympiakos. Or galatasaray or sporting lisboa or some club in brazil etc If you had pictures of you with the jersey. Playing. And you looked believable. You could fool the club Its only thanks to worldwide use of internet (we can check stuff) and international calls becoming easy and cheap. That those lies have now trouble to succed since 2000

@rasyahdi 8 ай бұрын

Harry McGuire is the best example of a person who faked it and continues to this day.

@NihilIslands 9 ай бұрын

Today you still have trouble distinguishing if someone is relative to known football player because ppl dont speak much and pressure is higher if ppl find you are relative of someone

@srikanthan1000 10 ай бұрын

Y would being related to George Weah be reason enough to play ? It can merit a trial just to c if some of Weahs talent rubbed off on him or not and even this at the lower clubs. This story is almost too good to be true.

@vincenzofranchelli2201 Ай бұрын

thats what i was thinking. most fooballers, well actually all of them, have at least some relatives who are trash at football

@noloyisongalonkulu8401 9 ай бұрын

Mann i luv this story it's hilarious i imagine it watching him these trials

@indianastones6032 10 ай бұрын

Regardless ya gotta give him some credit for the commitment/balls to ride the blag to the end!!! As bad as he was, what about those who fell for it?? It's not like it was just one person that got fooled its gotta be loads, and actually fooling so many people for years, it sounds like a tale some old fella in a pub would come up with!!

@jackroro7381 9 ай бұрын

I would like to hear Dia side of the story.. what he is saying doesn't add up for me

@nightwing5405 9 ай бұрын

@@jackroro7381yeah he could not be as bad as he is described.

@jackroro7381 9 ай бұрын

@@nightwing5405 exactly

@kims4495 3 ай бұрын

Tbf he does have more PL minutes than me

@mbenembene2841 10 ай бұрын

A movie would sell: Ali Dia

@daddyslaggy8606 10 ай бұрын

Finally I have been searching for gigs story after an Uber driver told me this story but did not remember the player’s name or teams hrr we played for but the George Weah reference is on point 😂Souness proving how bad he is when it comes to analysis of players maybe that’s why he hated Pogba so much 😂😂😂

@suzanibafazi8661 9 ай бұрын

Here in South Africa 🇿🇦 many young footballers do that.They lie their way into playing for Professional teams juniors.I knew most who played for Kaizer Chiefs juniors.Most of them got caught and expelled.Once you get caught you will never play professional soccer ⚽ again.They used to make fun of security guards 👮🏿‍♂️,cleaners and women who worked in the laundry 🧦🧺🧤.Most went good academically 📚.Who knows what jobs they are doing now? I am just I never underestimated Security Guards 👮🏿‍♂️ because I ended up being one myself.

@supergamer254 9 ай бұрын

How did the narrator do it without laughing ?🤣🤣🤣

@italscientist4858 9 ай бұрын

This Baller could write a book 😮.

@Salacious-Crumb 10 ай бұрын

Aparantly Birmingham City are still very interested , sources say he's got what it takes to be there greatest signing ever

@indianastones6032 10 ай бұрын

Hes way too old to be playing now

@barakawabuge5285 10 ай бұрын

😂😂

@Salacious-Crumb 10 ай бұрын

@@indianastones6032 never too old to play for blues mate

@olliered9924 10 ай бұрын

@@Salacious-Crumb Jermain Defoe is still playing and he is about 86 so I'm sure Ali dia can still play

@Salacious-Crumb 9 ай бұрын

@@olliered9924 shh don't let Blues hear you...they will want to sign Defoe ....jokes aside watta player he was ...seen him live once at villa Park...quality player

@alandavies3727 9 ай бұрын

Ideal player for the spuds!

@Garettteh 10 ай бұрын

Singapore will surely give him a citizenship to represent the National team as foreign talent.

@ambientsounds1416 10 ай бұрын

So he turns up to southamoton vs leeds abd souness just says get on the pitch 🎉😂😂

@kennethdrewary1094 8 ай бұрын

And to think, the manager who played him, has been an 'expert' for years now, lol.

@tshephophineas7864 9 ай бұрын

The legend himself

@liboyengwa88 10 ай бұрын

The legend himself Ali Dia

@munyaradzimushato9102 9 ай бұрын

you can safely add Harry Maguire to that list!!

@frimmbits 9 ай бұрын

😅😅😅

@ziedhamdi3417 5 ай бұрын

Dude you killed me 😂😂😂😂😂

@viwembande9497 10 ай бұрын

A thing of Legends

@ronaldwood9247 10 ай бұрын

"GILL ingham." 🤣 They're pronounced 'Jill'. LOL

@chukwuemeka1441 9 ай бұрын

We need to investigate his business degree. I can smell something.

@brentpatterson5715 10 ай бұрын

Gillingham = "Jill Ingham" Blythe = "Bli-th" Le Tissier = "Le Tiss E A"

@rkgooner89 9 ай бұрын

a bit like that POP group Milli Vanilli and how they faked it in a smiliar fashion but with music !

@maliqueforrest 8 ай бұрын

This is hilarious 😂😂

@Emotional_Food1869 10 ай бұрын

interesting story, what makes me laugh more is the dudes voice. he is flabbergasted🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@moalendenagrofarm5203 9 ай бұрын

Legends say that tia is still is legends

@MrBalls70 10 ай бұрын

Hey... Is this your first channel?

@sas2300 8 ай бұрын

George Weahs cousin 😂. How did clubs not notice his shortcomings in training? Also how did he keep getting paid by clubs he had left, I mean WTF is going on here 😂

@petesmart1983 8 ай бұрын

Probably didn't train

@Klynch111 8 ай бұрын

This guy wouldn't have a chance of pulling this off in todsy age of social media 😂

@petesmart1983 8 ай бұрын

Probably could it happens in lower leagues with people showing off mix tapes etc

@AnyOldSite Ай бұрын

I thought LeTiss injured a thigh muscle, not a "calf string"

@emmanuelnshimiyimana1346 9 ай бұрын

no matter how bad he was, I'm convinced he was much better than me lol

@giovannikwekufourriclasse168 9 ай бұрын

Bro please help me. How are these videos made please lemme know

@user-uc9jt5ul6e 10 ай бұрын

He reminds me of Kaiser the Brazilian liar

@thabelongwenya4666 10 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Kill me again!

@toureyacoubou9589 9 ай бұрын

Probably he’s now, one of the opposition leader in Africa

@adrianperalta2425 10 ай бұрын

He also said, this is a fake post.

@4evaclapham 8 ай бұрын

Chelsea would easily pay £43 million for him as things stand

@MrAmojo 10 ай бұрын

Chant: AAAAALI Dia, he's a liar, he's liar!

@munyaradzimushato9102 9 ай бұрын

....the guy has proven his super intelligence too, along with everything else!

@magpie1281 10 ай бұрын

Nice Thumbnail

@segercliffhanger 10 ай бұрын

I hate to say it. This story has potential, it's a good find. I heard of it, but it's still an intriguing story. The way it's made and edited however looks and feels like pulp at its very finest and I'm not sure if that's intentional. As an example, don't fill empty space with empty memes. Everyone else is already doing that. Instead, shorten the narrative. Half of this vid length would've done the job just fine. I'll gladly take a slow Ken Burns zoom on a decent photo over some totally random beard wearing chip munching dude. BTW, in our age of AI, less than decent still material, and also footage, can be restored in often jaw-dropping ways. Please don't feel offended. Just my 2 personal cents. Keep 'em coming.

@al81yoo 10 ай бұрын

Jesus, its a fun video, lighten up

@williamsmith61999 10 ай бұрын

I hope all is well at home?! This video was very fun to watch.

@segercliffhanger 10 ай бұрын

What do you mean lighten up? What's wrong with offering someone your 2 cents. If you do it politely and earnestly.

@JfK--OBJECTivE Ай бұрын

Why show Cameroon when talking about Senegal?

@bom89ar60 Ай бұрын

Plenty of players like him out there

@chaileeportraits 9 ай бұрын

There's Lyng and stealing and there's Lyng and fighting to get it, so one letter change is a smarter everyday not Lyng...that guy is a genius fake it till you make it yeah

@yotsanta 10 ай бұрын

This is an interesting story. Hey! I can't stop laughing😂😂😂

@BaniAadama 9 ай бұрын

Be a more careful when narrating and illustrating your story, the image at 10:05 referring to the Senegal National team is actually the Cameroon Team!

@GCMAC1980 9 ай бұрын

What about the guy I think it was Wycombe signed him from a Teletext advert and he scored against Leicester in the cup

@SmokingLaddy 8 ай бұрын

Roy Essandoh - Player File from Chairboys on the Net. Joined Wycombe: March 2001 on a week to week trial. Summary: Essandoh apparently came to Wycombe after his agent saw Wycombe's desperate search for a striker on teletext ahead of the FA Cup Quarter-Final tie with Leicester City on Saturday 10th March.

@GCMAC1980 8 ай бұрын

@@SmokingLaddy the very one thank you what a guy eh can't fault a trier but a lier a different matter

@SmokingLaddy 8 ай бұрын

@@GCMAC1980 Exactly mate, couldn't agree more.

@pauljames1258 9 ай бұрын

surprised Leeds didnt sign him

@travelingcatman2089 7 ай бұрын

Best scam ever

@MrMontythemouse 8 ай бұрын

Hes lucky his name wasn't spelt 'Dyer' , Souness would have thought it far too 'feniany' a name and not given him his chance.

@TRAVEL-FOOD-MOTIVATION. 9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂 seriously😂😂😂

@kogiman 9 ай бұрын

He maybe used some juju

@jvtruth2019 8 ай бұрын

I know another one of them at Manchester. Harry Dia. Harry dia get on that team. ???

@star4pf858 10 ай бұрын

how tf waa he able to travel from france to finland to uk to california on initially starting with 300 euros per month????????/

@RodMzi 10 ай бұрын

Flights were probably paid for by the club

@georgerubypoppy1063 10 ай бұрын

Some superb pronunciations of club/place names there buddy.

@festonyakaya4646 10 ай бұрын

Dia was a GOAT

@tacmon29 9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@festonyakaya4646 9 ай бұрын

@@tacmon29 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@julianwortham9763 10 ай бұрын

lmaoooooo this was great

@kogiman 9 ай бұрын

It was a different era

@youseff439 8 ай бұрын

May be he is not good footballer but he is definitely good sales

@silvertain1978 8 ай бұрын

I thought they were talking about Kai Havertz

@johndough1703 10 ай бұрын

Did he ACTUALLY get an MBA, though?

@Isleofskye 10 ай бұрын

Who knows. I know a friend of mine bought a Degree in London off of a dodgy Nigerian Lecturer, who charged her and others £300 and it worked, as, apparently, it looks authentic.

@jordan24richardson 13 күн бұрын

Gill ingham 🤷🏼‍♂️💀🤣🤣🤣 it’s pronounced Jill Ing ham 🤣🤣 gillingham 🤣🤣🤣

@SW-kr9fl Ай бұрын

How and why did no one check his story??

@tsampson6660 10 ай бұрын

🐐

@summittaedae2323 10 ай бұрын

Rumour has it he has a trial with rangers and if successful will earn a whopping £10.92 per hour. That’s a good wage when you consider rangers financial situation.

@arejaycee5704 10 ай бұрын

Changed his name tae Lammers a heard

@RandomnessTube. 10 ай бұрын

Spot the Celtic fan he'd probably be fingered at Celtic given their elaborate history with players.

@summittaedae2323 10 ай бұрын

@@RandomnessTube. no it was touchy feeley neeley the ibrox beast big jock Wallace knew 🤫

@RandomnessTube. 10 ай бұрын

@@summittaedae2323 Let's talk numbers Celtic are the number one at it. 🤫

@summittaedae2323 10 ай бұрын

@@RandomnessTube. well Atleast sevco have the least beast trophy 🏆

@ridhowiranatakusumah6531 10 ай бұрын

fun fact ali dia son plau pro soccer in thai league 2 hes carreeer are very pro

@justbenice72 9 ай бұрын

Where is Ali Dia?

@SUPERCJJOHNS87 9 ай бұрын

YOU CAN TIE THE HANDS OF A THEIF BUT NOT THE TONGUE OF A LIER!!

@abies79 10 ай бұрын

He had dreams not a bad idea after all football love will make you do different things

@wiremylights 8 ай бұрын

there are worst stories than this with european players

@CrazyAztekX3 9 ай бұрын

Hey! I know that guy! That’s the NIGERIAN PRINCE HIMSELF!!! Hello! I’m the guy who send you the money from your email! 🙋🏻‍♂️

@APOLO-oq3ce 10 ай бұрын

If he played and came on the pitch what has lying got do do with it? You constantly practicing with the team.

@newlinx8074 9 ай бұрын

He can play for Guyana

@vanng5689 10 ай бұрын

Buddha bless. He never gave up onngis dream and the self motivation -) 😂

@Isleofskye 10 ай бұрын

So you CAN fool all the people all the time...for a while,at least:)

@giovannigiorgio2262 10 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@paulmilner8452 10 ай бұрын

the fact he nearly scored vs leeds sums my banter club up, sometimes i feel Patrick bamford is faking it too