How a Fake Footballer Lied His Way Into The Premier League

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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
    @JohnRonson8810 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

    @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

    @toffeelatte6042

    8 ай бұрын

    It's even funnier that he nearly scored.

  • @robinhood3926

    @robinhood3926

    5 ай бұрын

    Bear in mind they had a lot of injuries

  • @kims4495

    @kims4495

    4 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.

  • @big-mike2955
    @big-mike295510 ай бұрын

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

  • @Obresedk96

    @Obresedk96

    10 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂 they are distant cousins 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

  • @walterlebzax9585
    @walterlebzax958510 ай бұрын

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

  • @mafcgh
    @mafcgh11 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

  • @DizzyMakavelli
    @DizzyMakavelli10 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.

  • @rewind2play
    @rewind2play10 ай бұрын

    He could play for Everton now😮

  • @pato2200

    @pato2200

    10 ай бұрын

    I thought he did

  • @greenhenryYT

    @greenhenryYT

    10 ай бұрын

    I'd have him!

  • @lifetransformer

    @lifetransformer

    10 ай бұрын

  • @noneofyourbizness
    @noneofyourbizness10 ай бұрын

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

  • @stuartpenman6387

    @stuartpenman6387

    10 ай бұрын

    aww bless you think the UK has parties

  • @unknownguy-le1hr

    @unknownguy-le1hr

    10 ай бұрын

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

  • @Yesandwhoareyou

    @Yesandwhoareyou

    10 ай бұрын

    *politician

  • @alanwann9318

    @alanwann9318

    10 ай бұрын

    He would make a good Tory M.P

  • @stuartpenman6387

    @stuartpenman6387

    10 ай бұрын

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

  • @pacyguy7144
    @pacyguy714410 ай бұрын

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

  • @mondayonuigbo5700

    @mondayonuigbo5700

    9 ай бұрын

    🤣🤣

  • @pacyguy7144

    @pacyguy7144

    9 ай бұрын

    @@mondayonuigbo5700 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @santotukube8351

    @santotukube8351

    9 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @BruceLeroyUK
    @BruceLeroyUK8 ай бұрын

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

  • @turns2ashes
    @turns2ashes10 ай бұрын

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

  • @Steveinthailand
    @Steveinthailand10 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
    @hassinho10 ай бұрын

    Great documentary of a great player 🔥

  • @salsadancer4965
    @salsadancer496510 ай бұрын

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

  • @imzak3563
    @imzak35639 ай бұрын

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

  • @sadflamer23

    @sadflamer23

    Ай бұрын

    kaiser enter the chat

  • @eminix2132
    @eminix213210 ай бұрын

    The guy was smart😂😂😂

  • @gabrielmacharia5421
    @gabrielmacharia542110 ай бұрын

    This detailed story got you my subscription 🙌

  • @Jj_2723
    @Jj_272310 ай бұрын

    This was so funny bro😂 good job

  • @Ducac321
    @Ducac32110 ай бұрын

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

  • @jeremyazpilicueta-robinson5043
    @jeremyazpilicueta-robinson504310 ай бұрын

    He was [probably] using Jinns.

  • @indianastones6032
    @indianastones603210 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

    @jackroro7381

    10 ай бұрын

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

  • @nightwing5405

    @nightwing5405

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @jackroro7381

    @jackroro7381

    9 ай бұрын

    @@nightwing5405 exactly

  • @kims4495

    @kims4495

    4 ай бұрын

    Tbf he does have more PL minutes than me

  • @emmanuel-rq4sn
    @emmanuel-rq4sn10 ай бұрын

    When African Prince decided to play football 😂😂😂

  • @Random-tb1xr

    @Random-tb1xr

    10 ай бұрын

    Fr lol

  • @Mcnamara2

    @Mcnamara2

    10 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂😂

  • @dericktush7210

    @dericktush7210

    10 ай бұрын

    🤣

  • @majobho2034
    @majobho203410 ай бұрын

    Bambi on ice.

  • @mbenembene2841
    @mbenembene284110 ай бұрын

    A movie would sell: Ali Dia

  • @starofdavid9919
    @starofdavid991910 ай бұрын

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

  • @mathewvanostin7118

    @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

    @rasyahdi

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @noloyisongalonkulu8401
    @noloyisongalonkulu840110 ай бұрын

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

  • @supergamer254
    @supergamer25410 ай бұрын

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

  • @NihilIslands
    @NihilIslands10 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

  • @suzanibafazi8661
    @suzanibafazi866110 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.

  • @srikanthan1000
    @srikanthan100010 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

    @vincenzofranchelli2201

    2 ай бұрын

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

  • @tourgecko
    @tourgecko10 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

    @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

    @markouljancic975

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @MarianLivingLife

    @MarianLivingLife

    6 ай бұрын

    Thank you 👏🏽👏🏽

  • @jaybuck9124

    @jaybuck9124

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @andreiiuliandjandi
    @andreiiuliandjandi8 ай бұрын

    He was on fire 😂😂😂😂

  • @daddyslaggy8606
    @daddyslaggy860610 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 😂😂😂

  • @liboyengwa88
    @liboyengwa8810 ай бұрын

    The legend himself Ali Dia

  • @ambientsounds1416
    @ambientsounds141610 ай бұрын

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

  • @alandavies3727
    @alandavies372710 ай бұрын

    Ideal player for the spuds!

  • @viwembande9497
    @viwembande949710 ай бұрын

    A thing of Legends

  • @brentpatterson5715
    @brentpatterson571510 ай бұрын

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

  • @MrBalls70
    @MrBalls7010 ай бұрын

    Hey... Is this your first channel?

  • @munyaradzimushato9102
    @munyaradzimushato910210 ай бұрын

    you can safely add Harry Maguire to that list!!

  • @frimmbits

    @frimmbits

    10 ай бұрын

    😅😅😅

  • @ziedhamdi3417

    @ziedhamdi3417

    5 ай бұрын

    Dude you killed me 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @AnyOldSite
    @AnyOldSite2 ай бұрын

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

  • @italscientist4858
    @italscientist485810 ай бұрын

    This Baller could write a book 😮.

  • @Emotional_Food1869
    @Emotional_Food186910 ай бұрын

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

  • @rkgooner89
    @rkgooner8910 ай бұрын

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

  • @tshephophineas7864
    @tshephophineas786410 ай бұрын

    The legend himself

  • @moalendenagrofarm5203
    @moalendenagrofarm520310 ай бұрын

    Legends say that tia is still is legends

  • @Garettteh
    @Garettteh10 ай бұрын

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

  • @ronaldwood9247
    @ronaldwood924710 ай бұрын

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

  • @user-uc9jt5ul6e
    @user-uc9jt5ul6e10 ай бұрын

    He reminds me of Kaiser the Brazilian liar

  • @maliqueforrest
    @maliqueforrest9 ай бұрын

    This is hilarious 😂😂

  • @adrianperalta2425
    @adrianperalta242510 ай бұрын

    He also said, this is a fake post.

  • @yotsanta
    @yotsanta10 ай бұрын

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

  • @segercliffhanger
    @segercliffhanger10 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

    @al81yoo

    10 ай бұрын

    Jesus, its a fun video, lighten up

  • @williamsmith61999

    @williamsmith61999

    10 ай бұрын

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

  • @segercliffhanger

    @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.

  • @star4pf858
    @star4pf85810 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

    @RodMzi

    10 ай бұрын

    Flights were probably paid for by the club

  • @MrAmojo
    @MrAmojo10 ай бұрын

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

  • @magpie1281
    @magpie128110 ай бұрын

    Nice Thumbnail

  • @thabelongwenya4666
    @thabelongwenya466610 ай бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Kill me again!

  • @Klynch111
    @Klynch1119 ай бұрын

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

  • @petesmart1983

    @petesmart1983

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @festonyakaya4646
    @festonyakaya464610 ай бұрын

    Dia was a GOAT

  • @tacmon29

    @tacmon29

    10 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @festonyakaya4646

    @festonyakaya4646

    10 ай бұрын

    @@tacmon29 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @kennethdrewary1094
    @kennethdrewary10948 ай бұрын

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

  • @giovannikwekufourriclasse168
    @giovannikwekufourriclasse16810 ай бұрын

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

  • @chukwuemeka1441
    @chukwuemeka144110 ай бұрын

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

  • @johndough1703
    @johndough170310 ай бұрын

    Did he ACTUALLY get an MBA, though?

  • @Isleofskye

    @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.

  • @GCMAC1980
    @GCMAC198010 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

    @SmokingLaddy

    9 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

    @GCMAC1980

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @SmokingLaddy

    @SmokingLaddy

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @kogiman
    @kogiman10 ай бұрын

    It was a different era

  • @munyaradzimushato9102
    @munyaradzimushato910210 ай бұрын

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

  • @bom89ar60
    @bom89ar602 ай бұрын

    Plenty of players like him out there

  • @JfK--OBJECTivE
    @JfK--OBJECTivEАй бұрын

    Why show Cameroon when talking about Senegal?

  • @SW-kr9fl
    @SW-kr9flАй бұрын

    How and why did no one check his story??

  • @TRAVEL-FOOD-MOTIVATION.
    @TRAVEL-FOOD-MOTIVATION.10 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂 seriously😂😂😂

  • @sas2300
    @sas23008 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

    @petesmart1983

    8 ай бұрын

    Probably didn't train

  • @justbenice72
    @justbenice7210 ай бұрын

    Where is Ali Dia?

  • @kogiman
    @kogiman10 ай бұрын

    He maybe used some juju

  • @tsampson6660
    @tsampson666010 ай бұрын

    🐐

  • @emmanuelnshimiyimana1346
    @emmanuelnshimiyimana134610 ай бұрын

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

  • @georgerubypoppy1063
    @georgerubypoppy106310 ай бұрын

    Some superb pronunciations of club/place names there buddy.

  • @chaileeportraits
    @chaileeportraits10 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

  • @jordan24richardson
    @jordan24richardsonАй бұрын

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

  • @BaniAadama
    @BaniAadama10 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!

  • @APOLO-oq3ce
    @APOLO-oq3ce10 ай бұрын

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

  • @lrdnalrd7956
    @lrdnalrd795610 ай бұрын

    did he fake his skill?

  • @4evaclapham
    @4evaclapham9 ай бұрын

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

  • @ridhowiranatakusumah6531
    @ridhowiranatakusumah653110 ай бұрын

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

  • @pauljames1258
    @pauljames125810 ай бұрын

    surprised Leeds didnt sign him

  • @silvertain1978
    @silvertain19789 ай бұрын

    I thought they were talking about Kai Havertz

  • @youseff439
    @youseff4398 ай бұрын

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

  • @jvtruth2019
    @jvtruth20198 ай бұрын

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

  • @toureyacoubou9589
    @toureyacoubou958910 ай бұрын

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

  • @travelingcatman2089
    @travelingcatman20898 ай бұрын

    Best scam ever

  • @MrMontythemouse
    @MrMontythemouse8 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.

  • @vanng5689
    @vanng568910 ай бұрын

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

  • @Salacious-Crumb
    @Salacious-Crumb10 ай бұрын

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

  • @indianastones6032

    @indianastones6032

    10 ай бұрын

    Hes way too old to be playing now

  • @barakawabuge5285

    @barakawabuge5285

    10 ай бұрын

    😂😂

  • @Salacious-Crumb

    @Salacious-Crumb

    10 ай бұрын

    @@indianastones6032 never too old to play for blues mate

  • @olliered9924

    @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

    @Salacious-Crumb

    10 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

  • @giovannigiorgio2262
    @giovannigiorgio226210 ай бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @CrazyAztekX3
    @CrazyAztekX310 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! 🙋🏻‍♂️

  • @Jj_2723
    @Jj_272310 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Isleofskye
    @Isleofskye10 ай бұрын

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

  • @summittaedae2323
    @summittaedae232310 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

    @arejaycee5704

    10 ай бұрын

    Changed his name tae Lammers a heard

  • @RandomnessTube.

    @RandomnessTube.

    10 ай бұрын

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

  • @summittaedae2323

    @summittaedae2323

    10 ай бұрын

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

  • @RandomnessTube.

    @RandomnessTube.

    10 ай бұрын

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

  • @summittaedae2323

    @summittaedae2323

    10 ай бұрын

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

  • @kogiman
    @kogiman10 ай бұрын

    No crime

  • @newlinx8074
    @newlinx80749 ай бұрын

    He can play for Guyana

  • @gamefreak5151
    @gamefreak515110 ай бұрын

    😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂

  • @Loop1977
    @Loop197710 ай бұрын

    Grame Souness looks a fool, how Dya manage to fool an English legend. Dya had to do something good at training to even be able to dress out for a match. Ofc he lied but I believe he had enough ability to be given a chance. Players with zero technical ability do not get random chances constantly 😊

  • @CabbageHeeed

    @CabbageHeeed

    10 ай бұрын

    Souness is Scottish not english, and if i remember rightly they signed as an emergency player because of injuries, when they signed him they had a game the following day so he was put straight in the team has a sub it was in that game they seen his ability followed then by a few training sessions

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