The Controversial Rise of Saudi Arabia in Football

⚽The Best Football Wall Art To Decorate Your Room!
Use Code: 'XMAS' For 15% Off: mezzaladesigns.co.uk
For Business Enquires and Promotions Contact Below
[e-mail]
Follow Vizeh:
Twitch: / vizeh
Twitter: / officialvizeh
Instagram: / officialvizeh
Facebook: / officialvizeh
The Controversial Rise of Saudi Arabia in Football
The Controversial Rise of Saudi Arabia in Football
The Controversial Rise of Saudi Arabia in Football

[@PoliAstroN]

When money rules the world, those who are obsessed with it will not care who or where it comes from. Money is above morals. That is the case for sport in general, but especially football.

[@Vizeh]

I agree, cash always wins

[@WaveCR]

This is the case for everything not just sports. Don’t be fooled

[@ADIMontenegro]

Ahum FIFA. Ahum, you're still watching.

[@somaniaakash03]

​​@@VizehYou forgot to include one important topic in this Bro The 2034 World Cup would be held in Summer & we all know how it is in Summer so players would have to extra careful They can't hold in Winter like Qatar one because in November Asian Games starts & they have the exact same stadium as Football

[@davidiljazovic4488]

​@@WaveCRtrue, sad world that we live in. Many poor people in big cities around the world, and many poor children and people in countries that are poor but have high population like India and etc. on the one side, and on the other side there are many rich people like politicians, big company owners and the Saudians on the other side.

[@208Lt]

Sad bit is Australia put a bid in to host the World Cup in 2034 but they pulled out because they knew FIFA would choose Saudi and money over them 😭😭

[@Vizeh]

I would love to see an Aussie World Cup, it looked decent for the woman’s

[@duyanhng8430]

the afc told them to pull out too which is so wild

[@LL-dl3cw]

tbh saudi arabia is a better option compared to australia

[@2MaulaJatt01]

​@@LL-dl3cwyes in Australia rugby and cricket is more popular than soccer I guess

[@BoqPrecision]

Australia has no more right to host it than Saudi...

[@alfiemeadows3541]

Saudi is a tough one. We haven’t seen anything on this scale ever. I think it will attract players however it will never be as big as the prem or any other European league and it is due to heritage. They can throw as much money as they want but everything but for example the whole English game has loads of history. Same with all other (most) European countries.

[@Vizeh]

Think it will take a long time but if they are committed it will become a serious league

[@somaniaakash03]

Plus Most probably The world Cup would be held in Summer instead of Winter because in November itself Asian Games are starting Summer World Cup means player would need to extra careful as it literally 50 Degrees Celsius at that time

[@arnavanand9257]

They are seriously sucking europe Even youngsters are going for saudi leagues for money😢. It's horrible

[@SCP-457-]

Can we appreciate how much effort Vizeh puts in to making our balls giggle up and down

[@Vizeh]

It’s a Vizeh video without this comment

[@SPAhatesmathsfr]

bro his kids gonna be confused 10 years later reading these comments 😭😭😭💀💀💀

[@un6505]

you two are my favorite youtube couple

[@aadhaarmurty1180]

STOP

[@SCP-457-]

@@un6505 NAW I AM I MINOR

[@drift3426]

All this recent saudi arabia craze has made everyone forget, or not realize that it's actually Japan's league that is the best in asia in more ways. Especially in terms of player development

[@emar_mora]

Saudi Arabia could easily have players playing in Europe if they just don’t give huge salaries to young players. Our u23 u19 teams are always the best in Asia or top 3 at least. We have incredible talent and potential but because the money is soo good and you get to play at the comfort of your own home. No young players go to Europe at all.

[@drift3426]

@@emar_mora mexican national team is kinda like this too

[@BoqPrecision]

Maybe 15 years ago...

[@Jokerxeno1]

As a massive football fan I find it very scary to think that those who are sportwashing our sport expect us to go to countries who have such serious human rights violations just to watch a football match

[@Vizeh]

Sadly in this sport money talks

[@footballpreacher3386]

@@Vizeh similar thing happened for the prem with bunch off arabs and russians investin in the league. i would like to see people talke about the prems controversial rise

[@Jokerxeno1]

@@Vizeh we definitely can't fight it, but football exists in numbers. I know the world cup will always be huge, but I just hope people keep speaking out about these things

[@Jokerxeno1]

@@footballpreacher3386 I don't know the numbers but I wouldn't say the premier league has risen or not, just stable.

[@turki_2009]

so only arabs do sportswashing?

[@Willy2Plays]

It really annoys me that through corruption with Saudi Government Australia had zero chance to host the World Cup, we’d be great hosts and wouldn’t require slave labour to build our stadiums but similar to what happened to our 2022 we weren’t even probably considered for the bid

[@Jk-rq2ox]

Hot take: winter world cups are more enjoyable to watch since players are in peak form during the season. It seemed like the stamina and work rate of players this Qatar world cup was much more lively compared to the summer ones.

[@Vizeh]

On a personal level I didn’t hate the fact it was in winter but I don’t know if the time of year made too much of a difference performance wise

[@lennox8182]

Yeah ur right but u just can't beat the feeling of waking up on a nice summer day with no school, maybe a kickabout with ur mates and world cup matches.

[@Jk-rq2ox]

@@lennox8182 very true can’t deny that sweet feeling haha

[@nont18411]

Yeah but it also risk more injuries because the fixtures are too tight for the players

[@shmooveyea]

Sounds nice, but most of the world is grown-ass adults.@@lennox8182

[@franciscobuenrostro3891]

I felt like China could have given Saudi Arabia a fight. There was a rumor a few years ago that China would have teamed up with Japan and the two Koreas to bid for the World Cup. I think that would have been amazing.

[@Vizeh]

I think China gave up on football a long time ago it seems

[@Alison10000]

No it wouldn't because the last time Japan and Korea hosted the world Cup it was extremely corrupt

[@jczura5602]

north korea wouldn't work with the japanese

[@greeshmamary3447]

Love your videos ❤ Really hoping you hit 400K this year

[@Vizeh]

I hope so too, thank you mate!

[@shmooveyea]

TBF I think you're underestimating how shrewd of business men they are too. They don't have the crowds and they don't have the sponsorship. The government and random billionaires will get bored when they continue to receive horrendous ROI in my opinion

[@skullxishim]

On footballing wise im sure it will good tournament imo. Tho putting everything else in and how it came to to this place that they will host the 2034 world cup it just shows how money rules the world

[@Vizeh]

I agree probably will be well run for most part, it’s a long time to go so we can only hope that the human rights aspect is better by then

[@haristaletovic2703]

From buying the club in the Premier League, over bringing the Ronaldo, Benzema, Mane... to hosting the World Cup, all these within the only a few years, money can achieve anything.

[@Vizeh]

This is only in 2 years too, I don’t think they will stop

[@ItsAGF]

Incredibly hypocritical of us to call out Saudi Arabia. The premier League literally does the exact same thing. Look at Chelsea they spent more money than spain Germany France and Italy

[@demonz3943]

I’m glad to see some competition within football, rather corrupt or not, it’s always going to be corrupt tbh. I’m just hoping this competition will encourage UEFA and FIFA to stay on their toes and keep improving

[@5elim825]

great content as usual mate. keep it up

[@Vizeh]

Cheers lad

[@georgethemonkeydrummer5598]

Conspiracy theorist here but if Saudi Arabia pull it off and compete even fractionally to European football, could this give the owners and businessmen of the top clubs justification for the super league (and on top of that near control on the best tv/cable deals for locals worth tens of billions) with little opposition from UEFA? For all we know they (such as Perez or the glazers) might be indirectly working hand in hand with Saudi Arabia.

[@Vizeh]

Honestly mate, knowing football I can’t even deny this is a slight possibility

[@jjj8317]

It's quite the insult that 4 South American countries, incuding 2 WC champions were not considered a suidatable place for a WC, but a country that has 0 football culture, where a the average league game has only 6000 fans is considered a suitable place. You bet they will pull anothe Qatar and brig foreign workers to pose as fans, and have slaves die in the middle of the desert building a super stadium. FIFA is what is wrong with football. I wonder where the following WC will be? Maybe Iran or North Korea.

[@Vizeh]

Money talks in this world unfortunately pal

[@SkellyME1]

Saudi league has been established for years trust me it had derbys and important matches way before ronaldo why do you think the 40k+ stadiums exist already obviously because they are being filled.Also do you honestly think no workers died in previous world cups? Saudi Arabia is a footballing nation just as much as any other nation did you not see the celebration during the Qatar World Cup after they beat Argentina?

[@jjj8317]

@SkellyME1 Listen Habibi, you are not gonna talk shit to a South American. I am not some clueless white chick from LA. Go and enjoy your copium, and good luck selling "your football" to other Islamic countries, because the rest of the world is not interested. We don't want to see a bunch of boomer greedy players when we make the best players in the world, and the Europeans don't want to see your product because they have the best leagues in the world. East Asia doesn't care about your football, and the americans, Canadians Ausies and Kiwis that like football, watch European football.

[@jjj8317]

@SkellyME1 if it was Egypt doing that I wouldn't mind because there are actual Egyptians playing football with passion with a long history and a tradition. But Saudi Arabia is all plastic. You can't buy football. This is tradition and culture.

[@kyriakos02]

Saudi Arabia spends SO much money in football. Money that was never seen before in the sport. I personally doubt they will manage to create football heritage that way. Which begs the question: Will they keep with this investment or will they slowly decline? I mean with THAT much money spent, I can't see them profit out of this whole mess

[@Vizeh]

They don’t care about profit surely, that’s not the reason why they are doing it

[@kyriakos02]

Just look at Qatar post world cup. Who's talking about the country? What happened of the huge stadiums? Has the quality of football in Qatar improved in any way? Last i checked, the real goal of the world cup in qatar was to change the way people view of the country. Has that actually worked?

[@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986]

Roman abramovich spent his way to success with Chelsea at a huge financial loss personally but they still built a hugely successful legacy for 20 years (until he left and Boehly ruined it)

[@kyriakos02]

@@Vizeh i wasn't talking about money profit, rather generally how would they profit

[@turki_2009]

as a saudi we have some football culture and heritage, not like germany or spain etc, but still its good

[@SkellyME1]

As a person who lived in Saudi Arabia for 13 years before leaving last year just don’t go, the government doesn’t care if a foreigner doesn’t like the rules because they are a foreigner they care about their people and if you have a problem with that then don’t go they make plenty of money anyways

[@SkellyME1]

Hate seeing people acting as if they have lived there criticising the government.The western world always criticises the Middle East but they don’t see the hypocrisy like what’s going on in Palestine or Sudan you don’t hear about these stories not even in the news because things like internet electricity and water are cut off so no Saudi Arabia does not care if you don’t like their rules on things like homosexuality because it’s their country, if you don’t like it then don’t come

[@SunnyL-uh9lg]

The thing is, sad or not, people who aren't directly affected will mostly not care about human rights issues - if they get to see their stars play on the field, it will be all. And since money makes the world spin, I think unless a huge crack or scandal within FIFA's bureaucracy attracts attention, nothing will stop hands shaking below the desk. That's the reality of it I feel. Also, did I just see Ronaldo in Saudi clothing?😂

[@daaljones9584]

Exactly just like the when the USA and England invade and kill millions and then Tony Blair says oopsie no one cares

[@Vizeh]

That is a reality, most normal people care about trying to earn enough money to feed themselves and work then have time to worry about issues such as this

[@saeed6158]

It was for the national day. There a problem?

[@duyanhng8430]

didn't blatter get charged for corruption awhile back 😶

[@SunnyL-uh9lg]

@@saeed6158 nothing, just imagined him going "Siuu" in that dress 😂

[@O7FTBL]

Great vid Vizeh As a Newcastle fan, I understand why people think it's controversial

[@Vizeh]

Of course, I did an entire video on Newcastle if you’d like to see it

[@tristansfc]

watched the full video already, great video mate

[@joebradfield6549]

Lies

[@Vizeh]

I don’t believe you

[@tristansfc]

@@Vizeh trust me bro

[@joebradfield6549]

@@tristansfclies

[@ezraezra2928]

Hosting World Cup in 2034, in my opinion, is an awful idea for Saudi Arabia. The capital city of Riyadh was also staged the Asian Games that year. This literally breaks the rule made by IOC, as a country couldn't stage 2 major events at the same year. In 2002, South Korea had both World Cups (co-hosted by Japan) and the Asian Games at Busan. I think the Asian Games should be moved to the other country to prevent this issues. Btw, HITC Sevens had already made this video about the 2034 World Cup controversy. You should check it out!

[@Tombofifa]

Interesting video, nice one Viz. I'm interested in the sportswashing debate, particularly over the last few days, as I wrote an article on it as part of my uni course. If I post it here it will probably go down as spam, but essentially the Saudis have been doing this over recent years because they've realised that countries are likely to withdraw their funding for oil over more sustainable alternatives. Saudis have seen this trend have therefore splashed the cash they have from the oil, and as a result, get more eyeballs and money in as an alternative revenue stream. That's what could be argued, anyway, Saudis will say it isn't sportswashing and they just like sport. However, the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman said he will continue to do sportwashing as long as increases his GDP by 1%. I find it an interesting debate, I can see both sides. Cheers for the video, Viz.

[@NR-fd9wv]

i think the sportwashing aspect is seen too much from a western perspective, they aren't doing all of this to be liked by the west. it's about international reputation in general. other parts of the world will pay less attention to the problematic side of all of this and many have non-democratic governments and human rights abuses in their own countries. another aspect is that they do it to please their own population in order to secure their power. the country has many problems and it's economic situation is not like qatars, which is actually a rich country. the saudis have huge unemployment rates among young people and lots of poverty, so there is much potential for unrest. football is a good distraction. the irony of that comment from the prince is that he pretends this would make sense economically. my guess is that the crown-prince experiences some megalomania. their building projects show that very well. most stuff doesn't make sense economically and will most likely never be built or at least not finished. they have a history of this. this league will be similiar, when they realize that it takes time to build something, they might just lose interest or give up. in many ways they now try to copy qatar and UAE, which makes no sense given all the differences what people fail to understand is that saudi-arabia isn't in a good economic position despite having lots of oil money. their problem is that are running out of time. the must transform their economy completely and they can't really afford to waste money and time. one football league isn't a big factor in any country's economy, they will spend billions on creating very few jobs and almost no economiy growth

[@siphemanana2551]

Bro! We literally have the same line of thinking, I was also thinking about this when I got home from work and thought to myself “Why would the Middle East countries invest so much in football?” And I came to the same conclusion 😮

[@Vizeh]

That’s fine mate, I appreciate the comment I know you’ve put some time into this topic

[@lioncactus1906]

Regarding the matter of FIFA finding difficulties in organising the world cup in democratic countries. It is mostly do to FIFA holding insane demands regarding tv money and infrastructure.

[@elijahtchilembe-mpovie2715]

Honestly, people have to realize at the end of the day, there's no innocent big country. Hopefully the football is good. Hopefully society evolves for the better. Awesome video broski.

[@Vizeh]

That’s fair

[@Rachl1284]

Yeah, but some countries are worse than others. North Korea is worse than iceland, and saudi arabia is one of the most oppressive, human rights abusing, terrifying authoritarian dictatoeships on the planet, that actively treats women like second class citizens and murders gay people for existing, and that only begins to scratch the surface.

[@the_bottomfragger]

That's such a cheap excuse though. Let me know which one of the big countries in the West practices actual slavery, mass executes people for their sexual orientation or sends you to prison for 50 years because of a tweet.

[@MaurizioMezzatesta]

FIFA sold us out, what a fucken joke

[@BrasilianFury]

Consistent banger after banger after banger...you get the drill. Appreciate your work as always!

[@Vizeh]

Much love my Brazilian beast!🇧🇷

[@BrasilianFury]

@@Vizeh of course! The content is great and it gives me a bit of a break between my own editing stuff for my next vid lol

[@semmysloth-kh8jr]

hey vizeg im a big fan man really love the videos and i reaally like the vid so far (not finished it yet lol)

[@Vizeh]

It’s all good pal haha

[@xavlionheart]

12:15 People don't have just a little bit of alcohol. Once you drink it you want more. So yes you should be against that.

[@miloseviczarko45]

Cher has the song where she sings "Will you love me when the money's gone?"

[@daviddegea3373]

Can i finally get that like from Vizeh? Waited so long for it! Keep up the good work brother :) And congrats on the KID!

[@Vizeh]

Thanks David De Gea

[@phoenix5054]

Meanwhile, there are videos around saying Saudi PL only have hundreds or low thousands of audience in the stadiums. They can spend money but they can't buy dedicated fans.

[@filipkwasniewski1710]

When it comes to the saudi league i dont actually think it's a horrible thing. People love to hate on it saying that because all the money all the players will want to go there but that's exactly what premier league is rn so i think it will only push european leagues to become better. As for the world cup i would of course rather have it in Australia but 2034 is a very long time and i think by then the infrastructure will be very good. It's also slightly different to Qatar as Saudi Arabia has some history when it comes to international football. Overall I'm a little bit on the fence, we will have to see what happens in the upcoming years. On a sidenote i love how the editors used several clips of Dubai which is in UAE not Saudi Arabia 😂. Love the vid regardless, keep it up ❤

[@Yosbdjs]

Well, if nobody else wants to host it, why are people mad that Saudi Arabia hosts it?

[@ToTheMaxGaming1]

Where did you hear no one wants to host it? It’s the fucking World Cup every nation wants to host it😂😂😂

[@LL-dl3cw]

​@@ToTheMaxGaming1yh but do they have what it takes

[@ToTheMaxGaming1]

@@LL-dl3cw what does that even mean, every first world country has what it takes😂your opinion is invalid considering you think Saudi Arabia is a better option to host it than Australia🤣🤣🤣

[@badasstasticusbadass4908]

At the end of the day, people only cares about the sport and the entertainment in general that Football provides, it doesn't matter if 1000 people gave their lives to build the Stadium that they were watching those games.

[@xpointer483]

In addition to the sports you have mentioned, Saudi Arabia has also recently decided to invest in IPL (Cricket league in India) which apparently generates even more money than English Premier League.

[@he_football]

As far as I know it is not confirmed until next year, so it is our job to raise our voices against this perversion of football

[@Vizeh]

It’s done mate, no chance another nation will create a bid now with such short time

[@amircamdzic1917]

I see nothing bad with Arabia hosting the world cup, its ment dor the world not minus the meadle east. Qatar was critisized but it ended being one if not the best ever world cup and we all know that.

[@Alinamartinez--]

​@@amircamdzic1917Saudi bot

[@amircamdzic1917]

@@Alinamartinez-- Im a European thank you

[@Alinamartinez--]

@@amircamdzic1917 yeah, I'm sure you are 🤣

[@malongdagoat7120]

the table tennis slander was the necessary 😭😭

[@mutlaq_-wp4lp]

Ok, there is no competition for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s bid. It is the same as Australia withdrawing from the race. That is why FIFA chose the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to organize the 2034 World Cup and not for the money as you claim.

[@mancityfan45]

just one thing. with 48 teams in the world cup , why bother with qualifying for bigger teams ? It would make more sense to let big teams automatically qualify and give the smaller teams a chance to qualify at their own accord. This way hopefully there would be less international breaks affecting the major leagues.

[@wahswolf88]

I dunno about that. Qualifying is part of what makes the WC great. And what is a big team? I mean Italy and Columbia didn't qualify for Qatar.

[@bestrafung2754]

Saudi Arabia is a big footballnig nation with a lot of history, especially during the 90s and 2000s, but I'm completely against this, especially as a lot of corruption and bribery is involved. Their human rights record is insanely terrible too and they'll probably use slave labour to build the stadiums just like Qatar did. At least give it to someone like India, they're growing in football and even they'd be a better option.

[@abdulmohsenalomary9662]

as a citizen there football is the most popular sport here and we have great fans but the downside currently is that not all clubs have fans especially the smaller teams but it takes time hopefully by 2034 it will get better, the thing about women not having rights or equal rights is not true they are more privileged than men here and about the lgbt rights they can come here but be respectful, im just excited about the worldcup being in my country and im excited about you experiencing our culture , excuse the vocabulary and the spelling

[@lucanasillo2052]

8:40 is misleading. Saudi's PIF fund isn't even the biggest in the Middle East. If Norway wanted to, if Kuwait wanted to, if China wanted to, if Abu Dhabi wanted to, their public investment funds could all outbid Saudi Arabia until the end of time

[@NavinkrishnaReddy]

YES VIZEH

[@jonathanward1585]

No, hell no SA will never be as big as EPL. And I hope to God they never become big. I would never travel to that authoritative and their strict rules and unequal rights among men and women.

[@user-kd4fl3xq1n]

You better start working on “Burnley are in trouble” video. 17 to 4 shots and then losing 2-0 😭

[@kiyu_u6009]

There's some fucked up shit they do in Saudi Arabia and I really hope they don't own football in the foreseeable future. but things aren't looking too good.

[@kristianyirdna8616]

The main issue is that people will actually watch it and don't care much about human rights or what kind of country Saudi Arabia is.

[@jeffrey.a.hanson]

I’d LOVE to see the Middle East be a larger part of global sports. Locker rooms create loyalty. With their hefty investments, they will also need to attract Westerners. This is far better than a strategy of chaos and conflict or North Korean isolationism. It’s financially obscene, but they DO have A LOT of wealth for such a small population. My best friend is from Iran. He’s cool as shit. His government? Not so cool, but him and his wife didn’t have to escape to come here. He’s free to come and go as he pleases. While infographics says he should have no way out. 🤔

[@daveb5998]

On the plus side, we now have 10 years to promote "BOYCOTT the 2034 world cup".

[@CaptainQuoll]

Saudi’s saying that their country never commits human rights violations 🧌🪑🧌🪑🧌🪑🧌

[@hannahbarley97]

Unfortunately it’s inevitable that the saudi’s will be infiltrating not only football but other sports as well

[@Vizeh]

They best not touch my table tennis😣

[@earthlyvibes23]

I will never tune in to Saudi league willingly, you can tell it's not proper football, literally doing transfers that don't make sense and showering player money that the math don't math anymore. It's not a good league.

[@petemuganeafrica7312]

As an African, I obviously see this as a western issue. Especially the whole LGTBQ argument. Every country has the right to govern its own people. No one said the west was right about anything except the west itself. And no one attacks the west on there exploitation of Africa. So if we're going to bring up human right issues in sports, then lets talk about the US, France and the UKs exploitation in Africa with no regards to "human rights". Either that or keep politics out of football.

[@God_of_Arson]

Day two of that George best idea suggestion

[@jamezday]

castles made of sand, fall into the sea eventually. Saudi can build it but lets be honest it will never be anything other than plastic culture, you can get all the paid celebrity endorsements you want, ultimately the facade crumbles and the celebrities move on to whatever the trends of the day are

[@setokaiba.]

Im a newcastle fan so call me bias if you like, but i just find it ironic that clubs an be owned by dodgey chinese, american, russian owners etc etc, who all have atrocious human rights issues and no one ever bat an eye, yet because saudi is a muslim country, and upholds its muslim values and traditions by law, its super controversial because a certain group of extremely sheltered and protected people in the west are persicuted over there because their lifestyle compeltely goes againts their religeous values.

[@gilkin6328]

Mohammed Bin Salman has moved Saudi Arabia from an active player behind the scenes to a more aggressive and visible policy at the international level.

[@DavidLimofLimReport]

Heard FIFA are adamant a Saudi WC will take place in the traditional June/July window.

[@Vizeh]

Christ a player may actually die from heatstroke then

[@turki_2009]

agreed bro@@Vizeh

[@bananaempijama]

It's impossible. It will be like Qatar, November/December

[@Nick_1790]

Not shocked, just disappointed. Genuinely think if it is time to jump ship and watch something else

[@matthiasw8777]

If this 2034 world cup was about growing the game, I would be for it. I think there are plenty of places to host a good World Cup. Saudi Arabia is not one of these. It is a violent and oppressive state. And the argument that the USA also has issues doesn't track, because while it is a problematic country, nowhere near as bad as the Saudis. We had a lot of German players and officials say that protesting Qatar in 2022 was too late. Now there are 11 years to prevent this World Cup from hosting it and I hope that enough pressure is created to prevent this disgrace from happening.

[@raoufrays8339]

The funny thing about Westerners when they start talking about human rights in other countries is that they expect the rest of the world to believe that they really care even a slight bit about these people. Talking about the rights of the Saudis and attacking their government in the ways it deals with them, while at the same time keeping silent about a genocide occurring to the same "people" and supporting the state that does it with their tax money, then using their moral superiority to criticize FIFA for its cooperation with Saudi Arabia and Qatar while remaining silent about the reality of wich a Ethnic cleansing state like Israel participation in the UEFA competitions shows the world the peak of hypocrisy. You think pepole care about gay rights or women rights when they wake up in the morning seeing their pepole blown to pieces in TV? A falling societies with no moraly whatsoever preaching the rest of the world on what is right and wrong I mean you can criticize anyone you want, but witnessing such hypocrisy specially in these days is jut disgusting and disgraceful.

[@LegendNinja41]

well said! The Hypocrisy from our Governments and much of the Media in the West is unbearable.

[@shujaman7868]

Liam, do a video on Bury Fc

[@720pgrass]

bury?

[@shujaman7868]

@@720pgrass the club that folded in 2019

[@Darkforce2543]

Its sound stupid but i think that if you put someone we doesnt watch football at all they would do better than FIFA rn also as an F1 fan this kinda sounds crazy but 85% of construction for the Jeddah street circuit was made with Slave labour put on the green light by the prince

[@MaSp345]

I dont think its wrong that also other countries except european and south american ones are interested in football but the way it‘s all based on money is disgusting

[@alexissantana5586]

I just feel like Saudi Arabia is thinking of Football backwards. Sure buy all these talented and popular footballers, but one thing that takes time is a loyal and committed fan base for a club. That is something no one can buy. Love your videos Vizeh! Always interesting content that stands out :).

[@Vizeh]

The fan side of it something they can’t buy, only with time will they build a country with football at the key part of its culture absolutely

[@akpandapros5580]

Every club means no inter Milan or as roma

[@diomuda7903]

It is the result of how we capitulated ourselves to greed. If UEFA can grant membership for despotic Kazakhstan back in 2002 that, by 2023, still imprisons and represses dissidents and flirts with dictators, then we can do nothing when Saudi Arabia won the 2034 bid especially when Saudi Arabia is far more powerful than Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan serves as the playbook to what to be next and we let it to happen, the Central Asian nation is the first example of how modern sportswashing could be. Kazakhstan has used both gas and oil money exploited from the Caspian Sea to bribe and corrupt UEFA members to stay permanently, while caring nothing about football; their shock 2024 Euro qualifying forms is not because they have any long term strategy, but rather pure lucks surprisingly spread out for them, Kazakhstan’s stadiums are majority abysmal and their grassroot structure is poor. Saudi Arabia is aware of it, they saw how Kazakhstan successfully corrupted football, and with the vast oil they have underground, they exploit it. They are also benefited from staying inside the authoritarian AFC (which Kazakhstan should have been), and now Saudi Arabia is having what they wanted. If UEFA wants to redeem, and maybe FIFA need to redeem, we should have done things differently. We should have rejected Kazakhstan’s UEFA membership as the mean to prevent Saudi Arabia from doing the same. It is too late now.

[@user-ov6ht3lu4d]

Why are u serious now about a bunch of billioners buying clubs in Europe. Y'all hate on the legues like Bundesliga or Ligue 1, that they don't much of a competion. Even La Liga u complain that it's on between Real and Barca if not them it's Atletico Madrid. Abromović made Chelsea a top 6 club in PL, Girona now is a top team in La Liga table. So if your teams keep winning it's ok and laugh but when some clubs get money and start beating your teams it's wrong, it's oil money, oil club. Y'all such hypocrites

[@ConnorBates1]

Would u rather watch the show before fight for 30 mins or listen to the Commentary talking fights gony start when it starts

[@Bigtimecharliepotatoes]

The double turkey 😂bosh

[@NoContextCommunistBoi]

This aged well

[@DominicAduGyamfi-pz5qi]

I don't know why people are complaining Europe has been doing it for years

[@donnyjepp]

It's all about 4 words.....Give Me Your Money. FIFA are just gonna do whatever pays the most money at this point. 2038 will probably be the UAE hosting. Or another Arab nation

[@user-ov6ht3lu4d]

We're all hypocrites who talk about moral while keep wasting our money on things we don't need while there are millions of homeless and hungry ppl around the world. Be honest we like only talk about how horrible rights in Saudi Arabia is but don't do anything to change it. Why cuz we don't live in Saudi and it's not our problem. We only talk right obvious things but don't do it

[@dario6075]

I get a weird feeling that you like having the World Cup in a national that clearly bribed/payed fifa to host it… it’s a disrespect to nations that actually have a history with the sport…

[@aop330]

its a shame that in its entire history, Africa have hosted the World Cup once

[@chrismaxwell1610]

You're very wrong about people not visiting cities for architecture you look at any of the most visited attractions in the world the ancient cities like Rome, London and Paris and the Grand Canyon sport just gets eyeballs in your project.

[@SuperAnimeking100]

The nba is doing more for basketball in Africa than FIFA is for football in Africa

[@261i7]

Football is already popular in Africa. Football is the most popular sport in Africa

[@SuperAnimeking100]

@@261i7 by its most ability to reach the ppl of Africa on a grassroots level. Football is also the most popular sport in Saudi Arabia and Qatar too yet the excuse by FIFA is that they wish to grow the sport and that's their only desire. Well, if that's their only desire, then why not do so in Africa too and help to grow the sport by investing in it in the CAF region or extremely underfunded AFC nations like in ASEAN, especially since they need it more because Saudi is developed, no nation in Africa is and most in ASEAN aren't either. The NBA is actually investing in Africa through BAL and the sport will be far more developed in the region due to that

[@261i7]

@SuperAnimeking100 Football is already popular and growing in Africa and Asia. More and more African football players are playing in top football leagues

[@261i7]

@SuperAnimeking100 African countries don't have money like Saudi Arabia and Qatar to host the World Cup and build infrastructure, but the 2030 World Cup is going to be in Morocco

[@TheWolfXCIX]

Like you mention, it makes sense in terms of infrastructure. But the fact that gay fans (and to some extent female fans) can not be safe in the country should automatically rule it out.

[@mahfoudseraf5995]

Men who are lower class going through just as much horrors but let's not talk about those

[@hansipeter8051]

the english football fan has the power but they dont care if my club gets a arab owner its not my club anymore

[@thescythe4507]

Atleast this one is justified compared to qatar who didn’t even qualify for the worlcup prior and hosted it.

[@nelson-ochieng]

Actually FIFA just launched the African football league. But I feel you

[@lifesahobby.]

the african super league

[@osobad1127]

Saudi is a strict Muslim country, fifa has alcohol sponsors. How da faq is that suppose to work?

[@mario-ki5fi]

Just the fact that when ronaldo went to arabia, they had to make an exception for his fiancé to live in the same house and fifa promoting these campaigns about children and women but then organizing the world cup in qatar and saudi it's awful and a shame. Football belongs to the people not to this mercenaries. That said I'm never going to watch this shitty league even with the best players in the universe

[@RussellFrost-vh7ro]

Money talks! Corruption rules! Infantino is as corrupt as Blatter!

[@RwandaBob]

it’s just insane to me that people are willing to completely look past what saudi arabia is and does solely because they’re wealthy. shows you a lot about people. but all these footballers can go over there and play and get their insane contracts and paydays. but saudi arabia is a country that has had slaves being sold on facebook within the last decade. many wealthy saudis help to fund terrorist groups. many people there do not believe gay people deserve to live, and many are very racist against any non arab. of course many saudis are amazing people who are very friendly and welcoming. but their government and noble class are disturbing enough to merit a check of one’s conscience for doing business with them.

[@mahfoudseraf5995]

Arabs only hate the Jews and they're the same race

[@QueGolazo30]

Super league already exists… the EPL.

[@jason-xq6gc]

Another world cup without alcohol, these arab countries are ruining football.

[@mahfoudseraf5995]

You can speak for yourself

[@moark]

Human rights... how about you worry abour your own countries

[@MCA-ks1hm]

They can buy it but theyll just be the first victims of the world cup and we will all laugh when they loose

[@gilkin6328]

The crown prince seeks to improve his country, both internally and externally, to replace an old tradition of slow social and economic change and quiet diplomacy, with a series of reform plans and firm foreign policies, which have stirred conflicting feelings at home and abroad.

[@anuph.3806]

the rise and the flop, bought all the players and still nobody watches saudi league, what a joke, they really thought its about the players, nah, its about the clubs, they will never be taken seriously cus they don't have the clubs.

[@SS_Tier]

2022: Asia 2026: North America 2030: Europe and Africa (with South America) 2034: Asia again and only Saudi arabia the only bidder How is that Fifa fault? Or Saudis fault?

[@ToTheMaxGaming1]

Lol there’s a reason Saudi is the only bidder😂😂😂fifa only care about money so of course the country with unlimited oil money will always win

[@Marwan887]

We don’t force our woman to take the husband’s name….

[@mfundomncube8210]

My guy, Saudi Arabia is in ASIA

[@rawashdeh392]

I would contest the world cup in Saudi if people did the same to the world cup in USA, but no one has a problem with it being I'm the US even with their terrible human right violations outside of the country, so yeah I think that you will always be upset if the world cup is hosted in a country you view as evil even tho no country is better than the other in those terms

[@the4eyedowl341]

Every nation has their own culture. It might seem like taboo to each other. Just enjoy football and keep your bs politics and gender identity out of the way.