The Premier League’s Worst Ever Player

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This is the story of the Premier League’s worst ever player…
How did someone convince then Southampton manager, Graeme Souness to field a player he had never seen before?
Written by Seb Stafford-Bloor, illustrated by Philippe Fenner.
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@lemuroflemurs 2 жыл бұрын

"At least Ali Dia focuses on football, unlike Paul Pogba." -Graeme Souness

@kwinsiirvine592 2 жыл бұрын

ffs😂😂😂

@clintstewart5545 2 жыл бұрын

he is not wrong about pogba the man with a 1000 hair styles

@mering5298 2 жыл бұрын

Adaptability

@iskywhisky1154 2 жыл бұрын

Man's so salty he fielded Dia he hates Pogba

@willardmatsaudza3101 2 жыл бұрын

@@clintstewart5545 what does hair have to do with taking the game seriously you guys aren’t serious. How is something that take 20 minutes a sign a World Cup winner doesn’t take football seriously

@kohchungwei 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine modern day Souness doing the punditry on Dia

@Call-me-Avi 2 жыл бұрын

He is worse than pogba - souness probably

@Flames27 2 жыл бұрын

Yooooo

@inBODwetrust13 2 жыл бұрын

Well he's black so we can be certain Souness would have targeted him before he even played

@DeadInsideDave 2 жыл бұрын

That's why u mute the tv when souness speaks

@dukeofdogs6522 2 жыл бұрын

Thats Just Fred

@kohchungwei 2 жыл бұрын

Since Souness managed that team it's probably somehow Paul Pogba

@theboss-by5gd 2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@MorrisseyMuse 2 жыл бұрын

He wouldn't be wrong..lol

@misterbogs 2 жыл бұрын

Pogba is just a dabbing James Milner

@nakaine7 2 жыл бұрын

The most overrated player of all time

@jdodger1091 2 жыл бұрын

Pogba is criminally overrated to be fair

@AnkitGupta-wf2lg 2 жыл бұрын

"Southampton were waging their annual battle against relegation" LMAAAAAAAOO dead

@kwazilucas 2 жыл бұрын

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!

@fishyfish6510 2 жыл бұрын

Le Tissier was breaking his back and scoring 20 wonder goals a season just to keep them up 😂

@PieEater163 2 жыл бұрын

The 90s were rough for us! Without Le God we'd definitely not have survived into the 2000s. Some amazing great escapes though.

@tomboz777 2 жыл бұрын

I remember John Motson, ever the statistician being asked “who was the team that finished above the relegation the most times” around that period? Southampton was the answer of course. Was thinking “yeah, that checks out”.

@johnmitchell2269 2 жыл бұрын

Some things never change

@weestyboys6829 2 жыл бұрын

Souness: 'I'll give you a clue...starts with Po, ends in gba'

@roopelahtinen1983 2 жыл бұрын

Fred

@lukashradecky5492 2 жыл бұрын

McTomminay

@heijimikata7181 2 жыл бұрын

Pog….ba would be better.

@elypsemusic8042 2 жыл бұрын

Maguire

@gaiusjuliuspleaser 2 жыл бұрын

"Paul Pogba is a poor man's Ali Dia." -Graeme Souness

@MrBannystar 2 жыл бұрын

Souness still probably thinks higher of Dia than Pogba.

@fizz113 2 жыл бұрын

After yesterday, it makes sense.

@Mr-Safology 2 жыл бұрын

Your name suits you. Especially with that disrespectful image.

@arandomguy3288 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mr-Safology factual image

@Mr-Safology 2 жыл бұрын

@@arandomguy3288 Factual Hebdo image, yes. You do know this is a caricature, disrespectful one. And BTW, I know who you are.

@MrBannystar 2 жыл бұрын

@@fizz113 *"he's trying to bait you"* Who am I trying to bait? Those who get upset over a cartoon and clearly have a problem with freedom of expression? Be careful who you get in to bed with.

@gaiusjuliuspleaser 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine Souness meeting Dia in person for the first time. "Wow, you sound just like George Weah!"

@josephxuereb1978 Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@bigbearrecordingstudio7921 2 жыл бұрын

Oh dude I've read about this. My man Dia pulled off the scam of the century. He is like one of those KZfaqrs that does a "i faked being an influencer and snuck my way into fashion week" same energy 🤣🤣

@_Diego_ 2 жыл бұрын

You thought I was weahs cousin but it was I, Dia!

@Timliu92 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! All I can say is, at least the man lived the dream for a while and managed to taste minutes of Premier League football, while also becoming a legendary meme in the process 😬😬😉😄🤣

@bixxi9626 2 жыл бұрын

Same wozzap

@kb9889 2 жыл бұрын

@@_Diego_ 🤣 didn't expect to see a Jojo reference in a Tifo video. KONO DIA DA!!!!

@monkeytennis8861 2 жыл бұрын

Shut up

@ajones7735 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine scamming your way into playing a Premier League game! Absolute legend!

@johnnyb2909 2 жыл бұрын

harry maguire!

@vankallahan59 2 жыл бұрын

Happened in Denmark last year. A guy faked his way in to a professional side "Viborg"

@Alphoric Жыл бұрын

He’s also the best premier league player and the only player to have a shot on target every 53 minutes ever in the prem

@Alphoric Жыл бұрын

@@vankallahan59 it happened in South America I think and the guy was walking on and instead of playing he just attacked a fan and he stayed at the club for quite some time

@rayfinkle2805 Жыл бұрын

Sterling has been doing it for years

@BigBrainStrats 2 жыл бұрын

Le Tissier said about him after the game: "He ran around the pitch like Bambi on ice; it was very embarrassing to watch."

@prayaaskochhar8783 2 жыл бұрын

He has a son Simon Dia , who is very much a real professional footballer and played for Lille youth academy and briefly in French Ligue 2

@zerosuitsamus2340 2 жыл бұрын

If Ali Dia were up against Maguire and Lindelof last night, he will most likely be World Class Striker based on their performance

@kaichatib1886 2 жыл бұрын

Your forgetting Shaw, somehow people forgetting that Shaw was if not worst than Linder of and Maguire 🤣

@benedictjajo 2 жыл бұрын

@@kaichatib1886 easy to point and laugh at when they are having bad time.

@MrJermson 2 жыл бұрын

@@kaichatib1886you are right. The problem is the English language does not have a word to describe what is worse than worst.

@vitaminc2161 2 жыл бұрын

A week ago he could fool wan bisaka

@dagsommar3713 2 жыл бұрын

Lindelöf wasn't even bad. He is just unlucky to be playing for a collapsed United.

@gautamanparasan7067 2 жыл бұрын

Probably the greatest merch ad I have seen.

@Elephantstonica 2 жыл бұрын

Chose to sub just because of that.

@gingerinho6793 2 жыл бұрын

I'm hypnotised by the merch song, might have to buy the whole stock

@Recedinhairline442 2 жыл бұрын

Bruhh I wish I could it

@bremya 2 жыл бұрын

merchandiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiise

@gamessories5613 2 жыл бұрын

They are pretty professional and the song was goofy, really liked it too !

@JohnKobaRuddy 2 жыл бұрын

Four gullible simpletons in one post

@elypsemusic8042 2 жыл бұрын

I loved it so much i might download it.

@matthill3293 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a Saints fan and Ali Dia is genuinely, without any irony one of my favourite ever players. The bloke's an absolute genius! He'll be remembered forever, far longer than any "good" player. Fair play to him!

@StoutProper Жыл бұрын

Have you got a song about him?

@Ben_the_Rosafan 2 жыл бұрын

Now imagine if he'd actually scored that goal...

@gchigwanda 2 жыл бұрын

Sourness fell for the classic "Nigerian prince"

@rjjcms1 2 жыл бұрын

But fortunately for him it didn't cost him his life savings.

@TheHunter2 2 жыл бұрын

lol, thank God George Weah was just a great footballer back in the day. Imagine if he was a great engineer or pilot. "Hey you guys should hire my cousin. he flies 787 all the time"

@vulxh 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine while he gives the captians announcement you hear how to fly a plane tutorial in the background💀

@VHKDK 2 жыл бұрын

If he said he flew the 737 max, then that may explain a few things.

@rjjcms1 2 жыл бұрын

Yikes!

@0saintclark0 2 жыл бұрын

I was there for the game and honestly I've seen worse than him have much longer careers in the Prem. As you said yourself he actually nearly scored...he looked more like a player who hadn't trained for a long time rather than someone who was just terrible.

@Amirkhanye 2 жыл бұрын

@attorneyirl2725 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I agree actually. More often than not we see horrible performances where the player loses the ball on every touch.

@bigt6665 Жыл бұрын

@@attorneyirl2725 brenden aaronson is worse than him

@xerxesx4u Жыл бұрын

For Man United it's Maguire and Tuanzebe

@spacebandit2834 2 жыл бұрын

He was doomed the moment Tony Pulis blacklisted him

@brandonasiedu9786 2 жыл бұрын

Serge Gnabry says otherwise

@cuck1ngfunt 2 жыл бұрын

Pulis didn’t want Palace to resign Zaha either, who as everyone knows carried us for about half a decade. Was one of the reasons he left.

@chriswilkinson7636 2 жыл бұрын

Did Tony Pulis really just say he was rubbish?😂😂😂That's pretty blunt😂😂😂

@MarcusSoothill 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine if had actually scored that shot. Would have been mental lol

@olivermcleod1 2 жыл бұрын

Surely has to be Harry Maguire, I’ve never seen anything like it. Trudging around pushing his teammates over.

@rascallybloom567 Жыл бұрын

Dont disrespect the GOAT 🐐🐐🐐

@sigitprabowo363 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine, he played for Senegal and he's George Weah's cousin, a Liberian.

@sponish0 2 жыл бұрын

well its possible for cousins to have different nationalities

@weskinzett7394 2 жыл бұрын

More Librarian than Liberian

@TMM-N 2 жыл бұрын

He achieved what 99% of the world population would never achieved, playing in EPL..kudos

@adityanath923 2 жыл бұрын

"Southampton were waging the annual battle against relegation" LMAO, I AM DEAD

@daddymonyet 2 жыл бұрын

I’m telling you, Ali Dia has 1,000 times more passion and determination than Pogba - Graeme Souness

@honestarsenalfan7038 2 жыл бұрын

I reckon I can put in a real shift in the premier League. I have mamba mentality,you won't see me trying to hide from the ball. Roll me a contract!

@theboss-by5gd 2 жыл бұрын

why isnt anyone talking about the new song dropped by the "Tifo bois" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂I swear these guys need to release an album and i would be listenin to em 24/7

@DarkshadeMusic 2 жыл бұрын

You’re talking about it.

@shreyashrath3006 2 жыл бұрын

Link bro

@joetucker971 2 жыл бұрын

@@shreyashrath3006 it's in the video lol

@KinnyRiddle 2 жыл бұрын

That Mega Deal song is still in my head after so many months. LOL

@CamoDrako 2 жыл бұрын

I found out abt this guy a few years back when I looked at the alumni for my university on Wikipedia. That was a rabbit hole I thoroughly enjoyed

@joeski27 2 жыл бұрын

Not convinced, Dia managed a shot on target whereas I once watched Claude Davis from a free kick edge of his own box manage to “pass” the ball out of the stadium

@jebus89 2 жыл бұрын

"Sure, I got fooled by that transfer. But you've got to ask...where was PAUL POGBA warning me about him?"

@dan-qn6sz 2 жыл бұрын

the ending song is too much 🤣🤣

@kwazilucas 2 жыл бұрын

"running to where the ball wasn't" LOL

@wishingwell12345 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't it strike Souness as suspicious that Weah (Liberian) supposedly had a cousin who played for Senegal? I mean it's not impossible but the two countries aren't exactly next door to each other.

@SujoyChakravarthi93 2 жыл бұрын

I think he's got enough to make Manchester United's squad, going by last night in particular - he'd definitely get more minutes than Van De Beek for sure

@balham5606 2 жыл бұрын

As soon as you said Southampton and Grahame souness i knew which player you were going to talk about 😂

@rjjcms1 2 жыл бұрын

As an old codger who was going to football matches every other week in the 90s (and most of the 80s),I guessed who it going to be before I played the video.

@danpreston564 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think Alex really buys into the silly side of this channel. He's a serious analyst, man.

@cameronseegers7414 2 жыл бұрын

Have you seen the man’s performative dancing?!?😭😂😂

@danpreston564 2 жыл бұрын

@@cameronseegers7414 he looked like a man in a hostage video. 🤣

@FootballDrawn 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when I was covering this story on my own channel, and being surprised the magnitude of what he pulled off. Well done guys. Another top video by a top channel ⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

@moumenrezaei1330 2 жыл бұрын

the ultimate GOAT

@jeremybilliards712 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaa...I actually remember your video. Love it♥️♥️

@wilfordcolbert1333 2 жыл бұрын

Dude, you're massively underrated 🔥

@7bucksnutrition303 2 жыл бұрын

Massive fan of your stuff

@thejungwookim 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know, seems like he could still do it on a rainy night at Stoke

@solanumlinnaeanum2484 2 жыл бұрын

Urgent Merch Requirements : 1) Scattergram 2) JJ's We fixed Super League Logo (rotating Eagle).

@graemehall6767 2 жыл бұрын

So happy that Gateshead got a mention here - his next stop is often overlooked but as you say, he scored a couple of goals for the Heed and became a bit of a cult figure

@withthespeed 2 жыл бұрын

This has to be my favorite football/soccer channel since KickTV was a thing. Keep it up, great video as usual!

@MrCr1spy1 2 жыл бұрын

Joe could sing for RHCP. His voice is weirdly similar to Anthony Kiedis'.

@Bale4Bond 2 жыл бұрын

Would be an improvement at this point

@TheMuldoonFella 2 жыл бұрын

Harry Maguire took that crown from Ali Dia

@Pri405 2 жыл бұрын

Alex iwobi imo 🌝Wonder how Arsenal managed to convince Everton to pay 40 mil

@Pri405 2 жыл бұрын

@A B 🤣

@abe10 2 жыл бұрын

@A B 😂

@deanbrown29 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I've never ever understood that transfer! Just I'd of thrown my football manager game in the bin if it had happened their for being totally unrealistic.

@mannie6467 2 жыл бұрын

It was never 40million. 28m with and one making it 30m

@rashidkhalid3970 2 жыл бұрын

Pepe is actually a decent player he can dribble past players very fast just ain't got end product and worth that amount

@WayneW3st 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine being so bad they subbed you off with a defender

@rjjcms1 2 жыл бұрын

They were so desperate their bench for the next game was going to consist of the physio,two directors,the tea vendor and the groundsman.

@gregbest90 Жыл бұрын

First vid of yours I've seen; was impressed and ready to subscribe, then that merch song at the end sealed the deal, absolute quality 😂

@markanthonylo4759 2 жыл бұрын

Another bit that ought to get me every time: Tifo's merch jingle LMAO

@ormurin6441 2 жыл бұрын

Carlos Henrique aka Carlos Kaiser is also a funny story about a guy who can't play but gets signed to real clubs. worth a read.

@taskdon769 2 жыл бұрын

And not just one club, he "played professionally" for 11 clubs over 5 nations in a span of 13 years without register a single minute on pitch.

@dev0nSA1nt 7 ай бұрын

to be fair it's been forgotten that we thumped a toothless United 6-3 at the Dell a few weeks before.

@SujoyChakravarthi93 2 жыл бұрын

Hypnotized by that Merch Song. My word it was like coming up against Peak Ronaldinho - no idea what would happen next but I couldn't take my eyes off it

@adam6543 2 жыл бұрын

Loving the tifo merch ad at the end 🤣😭

@joachimchristensen5589 2 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahah the merch song is great! Frankly, I’m sold 😂

@akashpargaonkar1170 2 жыл бұрын

Title: The PL's worst ever player Me: Fred?

@Mr-Safology 2 жыл бұрын

It's not his fault. No one pressing between the lines. We have uncoordinated pressing, which costs us the game. And that's down to the manager and coaches tactics.

@UserName-br5zu 2 жыл бұрын

Roger Espinoza. End of debate. How that bloke ever became a professional footballer, I will never know. Absolutely garbage every time I’ve seen him play.

@Killer1984able 2 жыл бұрын

The former Wigan left back?

@zayam5401 2 жыл бұрын

It's marry haguire, saved you 419 seconds.

@hb3393 2 жыл бұрын

Merch song came out of nowhere, lost it at the Ibrahim Sangare shirt

@ckc985 2 жыл бұрын

that merch jingle 🤣

@GeniusLad32 2 жыл бұрын

I love that two serious football channels have a brilliantly silly merch advert.

@mutsam4278 2 жыл бұрын

The song is actually a nice psychedelic. Tifo Merrrrrrrch.

@andrewagbesi6954 2 жыл бұрын

"Southampton were waging their annual battle against relegation" 🤣🤣🤣

@tianruixiao9239 2 жыл бұрын

ROFL is Alex's move with the mug in the ad inspired by his dance in his presentation for the revamped european super league?

@spongebabe27 Жыл бұрын

I gotta say, unless you know something I don't, I'm kinda surprised you kept calling him "deer" after the chant which presumably was supposed to rhyme with "liar"

@verycasul 2 жыл бұрын

I remember reading about Ali Dia in Four Four Two magazine. There are a lot cases like this back then.

@oolongpantsu3437 2 жыл бұрын

0:37 Magnum randomly popping up

@hunterrussell9263 2 жыл бұрын

Reminded me of the nascar racer that produced false stats to participate in the Talledega 500 a few decades ago

@Eibarwoman 2 жыл бұрын

L.W. Wright

@realestatetalkmw7743 2 жыл бұрын

Does anyone notice the merchandise song at the end...am literally crying with laughter

@thoyo 2 жыл бұрын

Listening to the song at the end, the more I hear it, the more I want to buy a random piece of merch. Much as I try, I can't avert my eyes. A moth to the flame, shut up and take my money 😭😭

@brainnotfound337 2 жыл бұрын

The merch ad at the end alone were worth watching through the video

@bleuray90 2 жыл бұрын

...aaaaaand the merchandise song at the end of video is just on-par with player we discussed...... hahaha

@StockwellJit 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know what was more entertaining, the Ali Dia video or the merch ad

@ColorMeMozart 2 жыл бұрын

I hear Flight of the Concords in the merchandise song and love it! 😂

@charlesfairs1427 2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure that was a great video lads but I instantly forgot what it was about when the merch ad started

@kane1987mk 2 жыл бұрын

I mean it's gotta be a Newcastle player right!? We have had some shockers! There's a few I could think of from our first team now!

@andyrharris 2 жыл бұрын

As soon as I saw the title, I knew what it was gonna be about. As a Saints fan, I have heard this story many times.

@arpanm71 2 жыл бұрын

This merch advert is the best self plug in youtube history!!!!

@laidbackjack3166 2 жыл бұрын

Superb videos as ever. Not sure what the idea of the last minute is mind....shouldn't cheapen your channel like that. Any chance of you lads doing a video on the Ricky Alvarez transfer saga of 2014? I'm a Sunderland fan and would enjoy that.

@nickrushbrook8415 2 жыл бұрын

His 'resume' reminds me of Jay from the Inbetweeners!

@jsquared1013 2 жыл бұрын

There was quite a tone shift when the merchandise song came in 🙉

@simonsmith8406 2 жыл бұрын

Ali Dia's performance was a horror show, but Tifo's Halloween pick is spooky prospect Jaques de Bones

@ondank 2 жыл бұрын

Every bloody tifo song is such an ear worm and I can't handle having another tifo ear worm in my head

@AGENTOfMKA 2 жыл бұрын

Phil Jones be like: phew 😅

@STRENGTHTHROUGHUNITY 2 жыл бұрын

Forget the actual video, the merch ad is what we're really here for

@wesleyprendle6251 2 жыл бұрын

‘Hello this is George Weyah!….do you have a pen?’

@omrac 2 жыл бұрын

Can we get a size chart on the shirts? I've got absolutely no clue if I should get a medium or large.

@BostonUnitedFM 2 жыл бұрын

This guy needs to be brought into conversation during Super Sunday

@ha6892 2 жыл бұрын

Has to be Harry maguire, been relegated 4 times in his career and has lost 8 semi finals in a row.

@AI_support 2 жыл бұрын

Was expecting to see Alex iwobi ngl

@justin8910 2 жыл бұрын

I genuinely believe that Miguel Almiron cannot kick the ball to the half way line from a goal kick.

@derekmiles767 2 жыл бұрын

Ali Dia has a son named Simon Dia who actually made a decent career for himself in the lower leagues of French football, though he's currently playing in Thailand's highest football division

@markwilson3414 2 жыл бұрын

That merchandise song is legendary

@SaLvAdOriaN127 2 жыл бұрын

The coach at the beginning looked like Ted Lasso 😂

@charlasdefutbolscouting 2 жыл бұрын

Another Dia was Dhominic Dia, U20 World Cup top goalscorer in 2009. AC Milan signed with him, but he became a completely unknown player over his career..