Is Saudi Arabia Helping Chelsea Cheat?

[@alpeshmistry504]

Outstanding summary Alfie. Unfortunately it would be impossible to see a report like this on any mainstream media channels. Please continue to highlight these issues in the way that you do. 👏🏾

[@domtoug]

The Athletic has reported extensively on this exact story

[@felixcrookston2237]

As the person above said, The Athletic is very impressive, and if you can afford to spend money on football journalism sites, you might find it worthwhile my friend.

[@lllordllloyd]

@@domtoug Ther Athletic is not really 'mainstream media'. That is arguable, of course. The term 'legacy media' can be quite useful, and the demographic division of media users must be kept in mind. We live in a world where most under about 40-50 now get their information from fairly independent online sources, while those older generally rely on radio, TV and newspapers. The former are funded by their users, the latter are long bought off by big business whose resources far exceed the importance of buyers or conventional advertisers. This is the real division between media types, as content generators for the latter must stay away from even *possibly* criticising the powerful. This is significant for football, but hugely significant for democracy.

[@eddieblack3767]

@@felixcrookston2237😂😂

[@caesar-dynastysports]

@@lllordllloyd The Athletic is owned by the New York Times Company which owns the New York Times -- the newspaper of record in the United States. It doesn't get more mainstream than that.

[@Montebann]

Hard hitting football journalism. Love it.

[@thierryngoyi3188]

You're not in favour of Saudis,ok. But since you're digging into human rights, why not banning teams from countries where Far Right parties are running the show....like Italy for instance fans, the league and its people in command are clearly closing their eyes to any sort of racism ... Why should we allow them to freely transfer ...where is the difference ?

[@Montebann]

@@thierryngoyi3188 I'm all for Saudi investment. They are free to spend their money where ever they want. I just appreciate a well researched look into a Sovereign State using their resources into helping football clubs circumvent the EFLs profit and sustainability rules. Whether a country is democratically ruled by a right or left wing government or is ruled by a non elected ruler has nothing to do with football. I do think that any racism in Leagues or by fans should obviously be harshly punished, but I dont get the argument that just because a bad things happen in Italian games, that makes the original argument invalid.

[@thierryngoyi3188]

@Montebann I appreciate your feedback And I agree with what you have said. I just think (hope) football could be the right channel to ease injustices everywhere. We all love this sport. And I think it would be fabolous to have quality leagues all around the globe Again thanks for you insight 👍🏽

[@skp8748]

​@@Montebannit's bs they invested in the investment firm years ago... it has nothing to do with anything. Its as silly as saying since they invested in twitter years ago they may boost nufc social media presence. Hypothetical nonsense.

[@Smellybridge99]

@@thierryngoyi3188 Racism kept your people safe for 1000s of years. Its only you that has become the coward

[@rhystight9519]

It’s like when you add yourself as a manager of a different team on footy manager and buy all the dross from your actual team

[@chrisclee6693]

Not that anyone here would ever do that... No sir. Never. Not at all... Literally every single game 😂😂

[@maciejbala477]

I always preferred to just use the editor and move players to my affiliate clubs ahahha

[@chrisclee6693]

@@maciejbala477 Its weird but to me it isn't *really* cheating if you hijack other teams... But Editor is 100% unless you're creating your club.

[@user-cl5kj7oq6y]

Always name my additional manager Johnny Cash 😂

[@chrisclee6693]

@@user-cl5kj7oq6y mine is always Dick Van Dyke 😂😂 but I always have about two or three taking over City/United/Chelsea just so I can give Coventry (or whichever Ch club I pick) butt loads of cash to sign the Luton players 😂😂

[@ajibola138]

It’s absolutely crazy of you to think that Koulibally who was before this last season one of the best, most sought after and highly rated defenders in Europe is SUDDENLY not worth even £20M because of ONE bad 1st season in a new league he’d never played in before in an already dysfunctional and unsettling chelsea team.

[@redboyjan]

Desparate for him to come, want rid of him ten minutes later. Wannabe Barcelona. The players are only there for money anyway so it's not unsurprising or undeserved

[@Louisjamson]

It’s not the 25m it’s the 50m wages

[@V79K]

​@@LouisjamsonSaudi will give ridiculous wages to everyone just to make the proposition of coming there more lucrative. Do you really think Benzema deserves 200 million a year? irrespective of how good he is....

[@fpldirectory6753]

Koulibaly had £55m left on his Chelsea contract, so the move to KSA gets them out of a £75m hole, not a £20m one

[@Louisjamson]

@@V79K not the point no one else wants him so they don’t have to pay the fee

[@js9219]

Hey Alfie, great video as usual! I know women's football isn't really the focus on this channel, but maybe since the world cup is coming up you could please do a video integrating the women's world cup, like maybe talking about the differences between the men's world cup and the women's world cup? I think it would be really cool and I know myself and other people I know who watch this channel would really enjoy it, we love this channel and appreciate all of your hard work :)

[@he_football]

I have a video on why women's football is so hated if that helps :))

[@senorpython2262]

I would pay hundreds to see Kai Havertz make an angry rant in Arabic.

[@muneebahmad4378]

He's in Arsenal sadly

[@maciejbala477]

that's oddly specific lmao, now i got the image stuck in my head. Wearing Muslim clothes too

[@skp8748]

​@@maciejbala477no such thing as muslim clothes.

[@A_r78]

@@skp8748yeah they’re called rags

[@skp8748]

@@A_r78 go cry about not being able to be mounted by another man everywhere in the world😂

[@pablothejuanandonly1205]

You don’t just get this level of reporting anywhere,you truly are next level

[@skp8748]

It's all baseless nonsense.

[@MichaelH-yy5st]

He's just regurgitating the article from The Athletic

[@braveswin1]

@@skp8748 You're entitled to your opinion, Sheik.

[@gadaboutunited]

Ronaldo was a poor initial comparison as United and the player had already parted ways by mutual consent, after that, whatever happened, had no impact on United's accounts.

[@pedroportillo1585]

I would love for you to look into the Mexican Soccer Team! In fact, the whole Mexican Soccer system is in shambles. The Men keep losing to the US, the women failed to qualify for the Women’s World Cup, and the U-23 Mens team failed to qualify for the Olympics! I would love to see your insights on this matter!

[@A_r78]

Ultimate farmers league

[@Otoskire]

@@A_r78least xenophobic European

[@NEELZE99]

Wtf?! Nothing to Do with xenophobia

[@adam_da_2024_official]

How’s Brazil doing?

[@MonzennCarloMallari]

Sounds closer to mutual interest to me rather than outright cheating

[@RandallBalls]

I do not think Alfie likes Chelsea

[@tracymorgansbelly3322]

The term your looking for is conflict of interest. The issue isn't the transfers it's the fees. The Koulibaly transfer is a blatant example of this.

[@sambarber4634]

​@@tracymorgansbelly3322are you joking ? 25 million is fine

[@SometimesCompitent]

Still kinda evil

[@LordBathtub]

I left a comment under a community post about this subject and all I said was "you can see why people feel it should be investigated, after Chelsea broke records in spending despite lower revenue than normal" and good lord the Chelsea fans went WILD. The number of people who seemed to think I'd ordered the investigation and were demanding I explain EVERY facet of it was hilarious

[@konzza]

Red Bull teams, City football group teams and Watford/Udinese/Girona owners have been moving players and coaches between the teams. These Chelsea tradings with Saudis, who are a marginal minority owners at Clearlake fall into same category, but aren't nowhere near as blatant as other examples. All of these are legal, althought not without problems.

[@maciejbala477]

don't forget football agents moving players between the clubs they have good relationships with. e.g. Jorge Mendes moving his players to/from Portuguese clubs, Wolves, Nottingham Forest/Olympiakos (same owner), Valencia, Monaco etc. Ultimately there's always some fishy things going on behind the scenes. No doubt Chelsea's dealings are, but are they really worse than the others? There's always gonna be gray areas. I guess it's a good thing people pay closer attention to them because of Chelsea now though

[@skp8748]

Redbull too

[@callumlucas4444]

They are not marginal minority owners in Clearlake. They are Limited partners meaning no voting rights or power over investments

[@nicolasgmunder1004]

Hey Alfie I'm trying to write my bachelor thesis on FFP in the premier league and would love to know where you get your sources from. Great video as always!

[@Pwnulolumad]

Generally speaking you would search for official FFP financial reports from the EPL,UEFA, etc. it might help to plot the data into charts and make some observations

[@NetanelKleinman]

Given that they are all Plc’s you can look on companies house at financial statements from PY etc and the disclosures within which should include FFP.

[@michaelgorodetsky]

@nicolasgmunder1004 Hey mate, the thesis sounds really interesting and I was just wondering what exactly you were studying to be able to have such a topic for your thesis as I‘m currently thinking of what to study after school

[@NetanelKleinman]

@@michaelgorodetsky I can't answer for them but Economics, PPE, Business Management all fit (this is very much an economics/accountancy/finance topic rather than sports)

[@michaelgorodetsky]

@@NetanelKleinmanyeah makes sense, thank you💪

[@flakko9149]

People when Chelsea buy players: 😡🤬 People when Chelsea sell players: 😡🤬

[@goldenagelifestyle7121]

😂😂😂😂

[@youssefhmidi]

😂😂😂

[@seandelap8587]

Never mind Chelsea just look at all the regulations that Man City are in violation of 115 and counting but does anyone think that the EPL will really do anything about it as long as the money keeps rolling on all it cares about is protecting its brand so its not in its interests to punish its own clubs especially now that Man City are European champions enhancing its image as the best league in the world

[@city6291]

The charges have nothing to do with the current team. Completely different squad, and this squad who won the Treble is not in violation of FFP

[@redboyjan]

The PL are weak as fcuk. FIFA and UEFA love a piece of corruption

[@ammanus356]

@@city6291 And you know that for a fact do you, given that FFP investigations can only start after each three year period concludes (this current one concluding 2024). So for all you know yes they could well be in violation

[@city6291]

@@ammanus356 the current violations they're being accused of have more to due with artificially inflating their income which ended before or shortly after pep guardiola got hired. Looking at how little money we've spent compared to how successful we've been, I find it hard to believe it's even possible to violate FFP currently.

[@Church_Of_Kloppism]

Sick of hearing this ,in the last 5 years we've had two all English finals and 3 different English teams win the UCL....the only other team that has won it is real mardrid ,we don't need to promote the pl in Europe we have the most competitive league in the world and literally in Europe

[@name8731]

Hey Alfie, another great video keep it up. I do however want to point put that you said Aubameyang has never played at a level as low as the Suadi league, when he has in fact played two games in the French fourth division, which you might be able to compare in regards to their quality.

[@batemanlife]

The best football journalist out there. Entertaining and informative, got to love those barbed digs you frequently drop in

[@zd2593]

To make a long story short, every dealing between Chelsea and Saudi Arabia is by the book but there will always be controversy because it is related to Chelsea and finances. A lot of times that they have been accused of doing wrong financially it has been the same story like this, innocent until proven guilty. Lets add the fact that every time they have been proven gulity they have served bans and sanctions like that first season with Lampard or the bullshit with Roman over the war. When people debate over how to fix our beautiful game i think they spend way too much time talking about Chelsea rather than the way bigger issues and factors that are in play. DO NOT GET ME WRONG i do not think Chelsea are Saints in this regard and have done no wrong, they have their fair share of mistakes as well. But there are bigger fish to fry in terms of protecting the integrity of the game.

[@zislow8016]

Exactly. Focussing on possible Chelsea involvement with Saudi Arabia while City run away with the title each year under UAE ownership feels a bit odd

[@TwoPoachedEggs]

@@zislow8016 We can focus on multiple issues, and I assure you people aren't forgetting about City, Newcastle, PSG, etc. All the multi-club ownership models are bad for the game. We're talking about Chelsea because this is just another level of attempting to break the game. Boehly and his strategy are nothing but bad for football

[@zd2593]

@@TwoPoachedEggs To be honest in some ways Todd and his consortium are essential to the game because of their wisdom and resourcefulness in the buisness side, by that i mean the way they find loopholes in the rules which need fixing right away. I am trying to say that it is better that they have been found out and sorted come July 1st. We need these type of people to expose the mistakes within the FA or UFEA or so and so. You know what i mean.

[@TwoPoachedEggs]

@zd2593 i do know what you mean but sadly it doesnt seem like FIFA nor UEFA can close the loopholes. Better to just recognize loopholes arent there to be abused unless you think like a sleazy businessman

[@zislow8016]

@@TwoPoachedEggs Agreed, although we can clearly see that even if they're cheating, Chelsea have a lot of work to do lmao

[@Mikeytheb]

Chelsea offloading players to Saudi is cheating while Man City wins a treble with 100+ FFP charges looming… makes sense 👍🏻

[@emekaoguguo5023]

I don’t think these are mutually exclusive entities There is still a large cloud over Man City’s achievements

[@Mikeytheb]

@@emekaoguguo5023 if there was a connection between Saudi teams and Chelsea it would’ve been found out during the owners check before Clearlake was allowed to buy the team.

[@edwardking9359]

Remember that charges don't necessarily mean guilt.

[@Mikeytheb]

@@edwardking9359 enough evidence or accusations to field over charges seems a little guilty to me

[@654jimbob654]

It does feel like Abramovich's purchase of Chelsea in the early 2000s marked the beginning of the end. Football has always been a working class sport and the lifeblood of countless local communities around the world. Now, the ultra-rich have come sniffing, either because there's money to be made or because the person is so grossly wealthy that they fancy owning a club just for the craic. Sometimes, the interests of wealthy owners coincide with the interests of fans (ie: to see the club be successful on the pitch) but I and every other football fan I know have found myself feeling increasingly alienated by it all. A mickey mouse world cup in a despotic state, a treble-winning side that brazenly ignores financial rules, increasingly more football clubs being owned by literal countries. To use the cliche, the game is gone.

[@melodiclogic9904]

I feel exactly the same. think it's time to go more regularly to my local non league side and support local football in general.

[@maxsch8454]

It's only 'gone' if your team doesn't benefit.

[@Alfie_1]

Say what you like about Ken Bates but at least he bought Chelsea for 1 pound lol. Admittedly, he was also the devil incarnate and thought the best thing for Chelsea was to have electric fences around the fans but still.

[@maxsch8454]

@@Alfie_1 he built Chelsea up so that it was an attractive proposition for Abramovich

[@ThreeRunHomer]

It’s quite easy to ignore the major football leagues and FIFA.

[@RetroProg]

What about the rumour that Ruben Neves is going to Newcastle on loan? The saudi team buys him for 50 mill, pays 90% of his wages and Newcastle basically get a player for free with no impact on FFP. Thats a deal that would really question the integrity of the league.

[@Dyscyplyn]

Great stuff, Alfie. Tbf, Al Hilal did just sign Ruben Neves so there's a chance Coutinho could still find himself in Riyadh or Jeddah.

[@leaguesmanoframsgate]

I'd like to put in another request for a video about the hypothetical First XI for the East African Federation if every theoretically-eligible player declared for them. The proposed nations for the Federation - it's a real project that's been rumbling towards completion for years - would comprise Burundi, the DR Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. None of them are footballing powerhouses on their own, or even arguably together, but there are a unexpected gems and we can dredge up a surprising amount of really good players who aren't Congolese, in addition to the vast swathes of the French and Belgian national team who'd be eligible through their parentage. Burundi, for instance, can offer Genk's Pro League assists leader Mike Tresor and OGC Nice's breakout left-back Youssouf Ndayishimiye. The point is, they're more than just hangers-on, and I think it would be interesting to see Alfie's take on it. This is request number 53. I have done a team sheet (complete with subs bench and even a stab at a kit design) and sent it to Alfie a while back via his Twitter DMs. I don't expect this to garner much of a response, but I have to keep asking on the off-chance he sees it here too. =]

[@danycus]

I just realised that inter’s Brozovic is moving to Saudi Arabia league too. Interesting fact is that Inter needs money to buy Lukaku from Chelsea. I start to think this is not a coincidence anymore.

[@michaelay4900]

Day 1: 7 famous footballers who failed financially (After they got rich from playing football)

[@anmolkale16]

Many reports are reporting the Koulibaly deal for 17Mn Pounds and Ziyech as 8Mn Pounds

[@skp8748]

So what's the problem?

[@FirstLast-ur6xt]

@@skp8748 rival fans are bitter chelsea are sorting out their player crisis

[@bimapriambada1098]

​@@skp8748Chelsea are having Garage Sell now and rivals dont like it. Like selling Jorginho just €12M, Koulibally £17M and Pulisic price tag now is minimum €20M

[@Moinul987]

£25m for one of the best defenders in Europe up until last season is unfathomable? Very nice basis

[@Tris2000]

18th request: Great video as always. You listened to you comments. Well done. Maybe there is hope yet that you will be doing a special on the seven players currently playing in the English football pyramid who are also playing for their country, such as Chris Morgan, who plays for Anguilla (the country) and Chalvey Sports FC, who play in the 11th tier of English football. There's others out there. Can you find them?!🙂

[@orangejuice9502]

Niiiice🎉 Watching this while eating breakfast. Cheers mate!

[@robertmartin221]

Awesome work. Appreciate the effort and research you put into your craft. Thank you

[@TheChees1996]

all those player other than lukaku(who chelsea got an offer of £60m from saudi arabia) we sold in total for £40m. chelsea made more money selling in england(city,arsenal and untied, total of £150m) than sell to saudi arabia

[@Itsnotcomplicatedreally]

Someone standing up to Simon Jordan and holding their own. We need more guys like O'Neil

[@user-nl4cn1ew4w]

Love your vids mate. Keep up the great work 👍

[@benji274]

Expensive players worked so well for Chelsea last season

[@thejeanyes12]

They'll be even better this season up the chels 💙🤍

[@Itsmeagain12345]

Actually the new players were better than the old, the problem was not money, it was lack of structure...yet, and a bloated squad. People talk without actual, indepth thinking

[@pratosaurusrex1128]

The opening line of this video is a bar. Alfie is going in hard.

[@joeheaton7607]

Another great video Alfie. Is there any chance you can do a video about the worst debuts in history. You could mention what occurred in the match, followed by whether it went on to have an effect on their rest of their time at the club or even if it was so bad it ruined a career. I'm sure there's been plenty youth players, but Joao Felix at Chelsea stands out to me last season.

[@Sir-Blaze]

Ali Dia

[@Macho_Fantastico]

Those Chelsea figures are so eyewatering, how any club can operate like that and expect to survive is beyond me. Unless they are doing something dodgy.

[@nwpanther1]

Simple. Chelsea has the most players to sell. Saudi League wants to buy the most players. Seems pretty simple to me.

[@ooovxvxvx00000000]

Great analysis

[@JustHereForCatVideos]

This video pulls no punches. I love it!

[@RefnRes]

On Koulibaly. Its not that sketchy. They bought him for about £33M and then had a particularly rough season for the whole team. His lower performance (like many Chelsea players last season) can be explained by: - An overhaul of the medical and fitness dept during the season. - Watered down training for a bloated squad. - A team struggling for cohesion with too much change too fast. So it is quite easy from that position to sell a player for a decent amount on the argument that form in a very disrupted season doesnt = talent. As well as this, it's the Saudi league. They aren't buying players to guarantee trophies. They're buying players for their individual branding. Some of these players may be past their prime but that means their names and reputations are known far and wide. That's what they are paying for.

[@adampark4238]

Was waiting on this video

[@rickrank321]

In real fine form here, Alfie. Excellent work. Loved the jabs healthily sprinkled throughout.

[@Hyde_Hill]

I also don't think the argument of "why would they compete with themselves because they own Newcastle" doesn't hold as much weight as some might think. As the main purpose is not so much sporting success. It is more about sport washing and building relations and profits outside of the direct on the pitch success. If Saudi Arabia could own 2 premier league clubs they would do so.

[@T.E.S.S.]

Though the more clubs they have, the more chance that one of them wins. Doesn't matter which.

[@skp8748]

Saudi doesn't need to sportswash anything.

[@T.E.S.S.]

@@skp8748 oh hey it's MBS

[@skp8748]

@@T.E.S.S. grow up and stop regurgitating silly headlines

[@andyjohnson9540]

Agree with everything you said about billionaires, fan/state ownership. As a lifelong man United fan it is getting harder and harder to enjoy football let alone supporting a team. They all make it so unenjoyable with their bastardisation of the sport! Let’s all find non league teams to watch

[@Dave_ja_vu]

It's about to get worse for United fans with any sort of moral compass too. Either going to be a tool for sportswashing or greenwashing

[@k4yser]

I'm on the brink of turning away from the fanbase. Most united fans are willing to sell their own mother's if it gives their club a piece of silverware. How they are desperate for yet another middle Eastern sportswashing ownership is beyond me. Too bad we don't have a 50+1 rule..

[@eavyeavy2864]

Being united fan is synonymous with hypocryte

[@eavyeavy2864]

@@Dave_ja_vu You are naive if you think there are clean billionaires. But the fact you only make it problem with "sportwashing" show that it works with american owner

[@Dave_ja_vu]

@@eavyeavy2864 I literally mentioned greenwashing in the same sentence which is a problem the other potential owners bring. Stop running around defending the Qatari regime and you might have time to read full sentences

[@Left-Foot-Brake]

OMG - HALF A BILLION ON TRANSFERS?! I knew they had blown wads of cash on this years team but I lost track of just how bonkers it got.

[@skp8748]

City and UTD do the same...

[@Westham_dan]

@@skp8748quite literally no one has even come close to spending this amount of money

[@KevinBoutin]

@@Westham_dan This is what happens when a club is sanctioned, cannot sell or buy any new players for a whole season and then give them a new ownership that was contractually obligated to spend copious amounts of money. After all the sales and winning the champions league, they will sort out FFP.

[@notgoodatthis6065]

Yuuuupppp. Chelsea needs to sell a whole bunch of players because they went MAD. It'll end up being "legal" according to FFP. Ethical? Unlikely. But with the Saudis they are trying to fuck up the entire sport just to make themselves look better.

[@OnnumMuttaiyum]

@@Westham_dan Chelsea spent a lot because they had no debt.... All the money was waived off by English govt forcing Roman to do that, only for the Govt to keep it in their pockets.

[@scottchapman3937]

Have to say your perfectly placed random pics for laughs is brilliant. Particularly enjoyed Frank Lampard in this one and I'm always partial to Ndidi, Shaw and Watmore popping up from time to time!

[@princeetu8831]

Adu, Hoever

[@ossiaigbedo7223]

I’ve spent less than £10 on any of my clubs merchandise, tickets etc in the last 5 years. Not because I don’t support the team but clearly they don’t need my money. States getting involved with clubs when millionaires were crazy to even think of 30 years ago then billionaires, then groups now whole countries and states just makes me want to find a grassroots or smaller club in league 2 or 3 that I can support alongside

[@jermainecole4887]

Sadly non league football is dying slowly

[@Maj1794]

Was waiting for this video to drop 😅

[@Weegie2]

A St Pauli perspective of the current situation at Chelsea. "You can't put a price on a 12th place finish!" A quote for the annals of history.

[@YETI_312]

Lol. The first statement you made is wild😂

[@SD-ko4tz]

Hakim played fantastic at the world cup. So he is a great soccer player who is hardly used well

[@chrisr_88]

Oh the irony of the premier league elistist bothered by a league inflating the market with big money offers

[@khanstylez]

Please make a video on the hypocrisy of football for ignoring the human rights violations of Israel and not banning them and sanctioning them similar to that has been done to Russia.

[@reverendroar]

Amazing work Alfie! Keep it up! Best footy journalist on KZbin ever!

[@antony558]

Superb video! You are my favourite football journalist!

[@drummond2579]

You got me with the lizard line 😂

[@DrZaius3141]

0:06 Damn, Alfie. Shots fired. Wait, wrong wording...

[@SuperDjibril9]

Keep up the good work bro

[@sh3tpostsgamertime204]

Ur Videos get better and better year after year ❤️

[@Legend-zo9bc]

I think this has been going for sometime, there are deals within deal, look at David Luiz's transfers, or Choupo-Moting or Arthur Melo, think plenty of deals have been accounting tricks. Player gets sold and then a business deal is done behind the scenes with other financial intrests.

[@motionpictures6629]

Choupo-Moting never generated a transfer fee and scored 17 goals in 1800 min last season. Choupo-Moting earns 2.6 million € per season. He is no Lewandowski, but he is a cheap and reliable option for most teams, and once was the biggest hope for a number 9 in Germany when he scored 17 goals in a season for a bad club at age 20.

[@someguynamedmike4766]

The players being sold are worth more than we're getting i.e. Ziyech for 8 mil but I'm guessing the quick sales to get the wages off asap to get new blood in helps them take the but perse

[@sebastiangreen4995]

have u not seen that the saudis/newcastle owner group have put like 900m or something in the club

[@samhuggins2656]

@@sebastiangreen4995not in the club, and it’s 900m of over 300b in assets

[@dan44zzt231]

I'm not sure there's too much malice here. Chelsea are having a fire sale and the Saudis are buying. They are selling at or well below market rate to get rid of the contracts. Now if the Saudis had say signed Lukaku for £100m that would be fishy, but giving him away at a huge loss doesn't seem like a big deal.

[@skp8748]

​@@dan44zzt231exactly if they were overpaying this would make sense but this absolute codswallop they're buying players other clubs don't want to match Chelsea salaries

[@kamikazeduck7384]

The content from this channel is just top quality stuff everytime

[@njabulombuyazi5132]

This was well put together

[@T.E.S.S.]

Alfie out here putting the mainstream media to shame.

[@comic_food_guy]

I find it hard to believe Chelsea would have spent that much in January if they didn’t have this summer business lined up

[@sonikwidak]

To get rid of chelsea dead wood you need to get rid of the whole club 😂

[@seandelap8587]

If they are they sure are doing a bad job of it judging how dire Chelsea were throughout last season

[@traviswarren1066]

Use your brain

[@squareyesj7170]

Sensational headline there fella, that should get a lot of clicks.

[@danielnoah7719]

Always have a dig at ronaldo Keep it up

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

Aka the petulant one

[@adamlundy828]

Hi Alfie, you should do a video about what is going on with Fleetwood Town's owner

[@JohnBohlo]

Thank you for being a voice of reason in all of this, Alfie. But as long as the rich are getting richer from this, nothing will change.

[@eavyeavy2864]

United fan talk about rich 🤣

[@linkan1046]

This is why i love swedish football. The supporters Own 51% of the club.

[@Osamas_worst_nightmare]

They are 100% helping Chelsea cheat but I’m fine with it since I like creativity and this is an outside the box move

[@sbassett5572]

Another great video, will miss you after your mysterious disappearance following a visit from the Saudis but until then.. Bravo!

[@poliver1980]

Your vids are always very well researched, your takes are objective and balanced and your politics are right-on. But one small criticism: Expressing footballers salaries as weekly amounts does nothing to clarify your message. Britain is the only place where this is done. I think it started in the 90s as salary inflation really took off and tabloid newspapers wanted their readers to be outraged by the amounts. However, when you say "the transfer fee when amortised is $10m a year and the salary is $100k a week" then you have unnecessarily obscured your point. I then have to make a calculation to work out what the annual liability is.

[@Dave-Shearer]

Only 2 minutes in, but looking forward to it, not sure there is anybody in the world I would trust more to be impartial and accurate.

[@jorgefranco7465]

You’re the best, Alfie. Keep up the good work. Cheers mate!

[@memofromessex]

Great stuff

[@Sassybella]

Watching this while eating, then Alfie suggests we descend into cannibalism.... 💀😂 Good summary of the situation as it stands for now (as usual) regardless of whether we eat the rich or not.

[@derekmullings1507]

Excellent analysis Alfie. Kante would find it less daunting than someone like Jack Grealish made me smile.

[@Saucybean]

People don’t seem to understand that it’s not entirely the transfer fees that help Chelsea, it’s getting out of the contracts that they have with these players that no one else will come near. Not too sure what the PL financial rules are, but take Barcelona for example. They have money, but can’t sign anyone due to the regulations of La Liga. Chelsea are getting fees and getting bailed out of contracts for players no one wants and that’s what fishy about it. It’s just too many Chelsea players and it’s sus. Doesn’t mean they’re guilty of course, just sus

[@dghimkarim4200]

the coutinho part got me so hard hahahahahahahahahaah

[@dreamjackson5483]

If they are. I don't knock it. Sport is about winning. You do what you have to do, to win. On and off the pitch, you bend the rules to win. It's nothing personal. Just about winning. Just business

[@HandleIfYouDare]

People calling every nonsense from this channel brave and amazing.😂 Never gets old.

[@toooldforthisshte1681]

Correction - Al Nassr didn't offload CR7. The contract was already broken by that time. They didn't help Utd the same way they are helping Chelsea. Same with Benzema.

[@Itsmeagain12345]

How are they helping CFC, proof?.

[@mindi-ebitesylva]

"Saudi Arabia is helping Wolves by buying Ruben Neves 😭" is what this sounds like. Chelsea need to sell and Saudi Arabia is buying. Is there any reason any team can't sell to Saudi? No. Chelsea is just taking advantage of an opportunity open to all

[@kth6736]

I dont know if Saudi are helping. But the oppo fan's tears are so good to watch.😂

[@jesselingardarmy1254]

Have a good weekend Alfie

[@TwoTees14]

As a Wolves fan, I am utterly disgusted that clubs are using the Saudi Pro League to get inflated values for players😡. I'm glad we don't do this.... 🐺

[@ivaneurope]

It sounds oddly familiar to similar case a few years ago.

[@gamakujira64e23]

Ruben Neves:

[@anmolkale16]

You sold Ruben Neves for 50Mn *cough*

[@tonyantoniou9271]

BRAVO and ENCORE superb yet again Alfie the John Pilger of football !

[@joshuabean8165]

I’m going to go out on a limb and say Alfie isn’t a fan of Saudi Arabia

[@skp8748]

No logic as well

[@quadropheniaguy9811]

Brilliantly argued as usual. Well done.👌

[@andrew27]

Great video, fan ownership is the way forward

[@RyuzakiTaiyou]

Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 513) I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored. If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.

[@3lakesroad]

Keep up the hard work, King

[@bleb87]

Absolutely, but it isnt technically cheating if it isnt against the rules.

[@nachiketsharma]

Here are two things that I would like to point out 1. Todd bohely spent a considerable amount of time making connections with Saudi officials for future endeavors, so this may be planned 2. all Chelsea players linked with the Saudi league practice the religion of Islam, the biggest one being Kante, who stated that his religion is the most important thing to him.

[@The8347135]

26:21 buddy, that's when I subscribed

[@RADIOWFC]

if no fear was in the dictionary there would be a photo of you next to it Alfie you are a bloody Legend

[@maciejbala477]

The jabs at Saudi Arabia are by far the best part of this video lmao

[@jackhewitt600]

I do have a problem with people like Gary Neville criticising players going to Saudi Arabia. So Saudi Arabia is good enough to buy oil from to heat UK homes and use in cars but not good enough to sell footballers to. This constant attempt to disrespect other nations for having diffrent views is strange.

[@joelmckenzie723]

Saudi Arabia league reminds me when the Chinese league was doing the same thing some years ago