The Premier League’s Worst Ever Player

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

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

[@kwinsiirvine592]

ffs😂😂😂

[@clintstewart5545]

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

[@mering5298]

Adaptability

[@iskywhisky1154]

Man's so salty he fielded Dia he hates Pogba

[@willardmatsaudza3101]

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

[@kohchungwei]

Imagine modern day Souness doing the punditry on Dia

[@Call-me-Avi]

He is worse than pogba - souness probably

[@Flames27]

Yooooo

[@inBODwetrust13]

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

[@DeadInsideDave]

That's why u mute the tv when souness speaks

[@dukeofdogs6522]

Thats Just Fred

[@AnkitGupta-wf2lg]

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

[@kwazilucas]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!

[@fishyfish6510]

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

[@PieEater163]

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

[@tomboz777]

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

[@johnmitchell2269]

Some things never change

[@gaiusjuliuspleaser]

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

[@zerosuitsamus2340]

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

[@kaichatib1886]

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

[@benedictjajo]

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

[@MrJermson]

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

[@vitaminc2161]

A week ago he could fool wan bisaka

[@dagsommar3713]

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

[@gingerinho6793]

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

[@Recedinhairline442]

Bruhh I wish I could it

[@bremya]

merchandiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiise

[@gamessories5613]

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

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

Four gullible simpletons in one post

[@elypsemusic8042]

I loved it so much i might download it.

[@weestyboys6829]

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

[@roopelahtinen1983]

Fred

[@lukashradecky5492]

McTomminay

[@heijimikata7181]

Pog….ba would be better.

[@elypsemusic8042]

Maguire

[@matthill3293]

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

[@StoutProper]

Have you got a song about him?

[@bigbearrecordingstudio7921]

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

[@_Diego_]

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

[@Timliu92]

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

[@bixxi9626]

Same wozzap

[@kb9889]

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

[@monkeytennis8861]

Shut up

[@gaiusjuliuspleaser]

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

[@josephxuereb1978]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gautamanparasan7067]

Probably the greatest merch ad I have seen.

[@Elephantstonica]

Chose to sub just because of that.

[@prayaaskochhar8783]

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

[@kohchungwei]

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

[@theboss-by5gd]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MorrisseyMuse]

He wouldn't be wrong..lol

[@misterbogs]

Pogba is just a dabbing James Milner

[@nakaine7]

The most overrated player of all time

[@jdodger1091]

Pogba is criminally overrated to be fair

[@BigBrainStrats]

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

[@TheHunter2]

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

[@vulxh]

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

[@VHKDK]

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

[@rjjcms1]

Yikes!

[@ajones7735]

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

[@johnnyb2909]

harry maguire!

[@vankallahan59]

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

[@Alphoric]

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

[@Alphoric]

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

[@rayfinkle2805]

Sterling has been doing it for years

[@MrBannystar]

Souness still probably thinks higher of Dia than Pogba.

[@fizz113]

After yesterday, it makes sense.

[@Mr-Safology]

Your name suits you. Especially with that disrespectful image.

[@arandomguy3288]

@@Mr-Safology factual image

[@Mr-Safology]

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

[@MrBannystar]

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

[@0saintclark0]

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

[@Amirkhanye]

Pp

[@attorneyirl2725]

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

[@bigt6665]

@@attorneyirl2725 brenden aaronson is worse than him

[@xerxesx4u]

For Man United it's Maguire and Tuanzebe

[@spacebandit2834]

He was doomed the moment Tony Pulis blacklisted him

[@brandonasiedu9786]

Serge Gnabry says otherwise

[@cuck1ngfunt]

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

[@chriswilkinson7636]

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

[@Ben_the_Rosafan]

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

[@gchigwanda]

Sourness fell for the classic "Nigerian prince"

[@rjjcms1]

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

[@theboss-by5gd]

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

[@DarkshadeMusic]

You’re talking about it.

[@shreyashrath3006]

Link bro

[@joetucker971]

@@shreyashrath3006 it's in the video lol

[@KinnyRiddle]

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

[@TMM-N]

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

[@olivermcleod1]

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

[@rascallybloom567]

Dont disrespect the GOAT 🐐🐐🐐

[@CamoDrako]

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

[@honestarsenalfan7038]

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

[@sigitprabowo363]

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

[@sponish0]

well its possible for cousins to have different nationalities

[@weskinzett7394]

More Librarian than Liberian

[@joeski27]

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

[@adityanath923]

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

[@FootballDrawn]

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

[@moumenrezaei1330]

the ultimate GOAT

[@jeremybilliards712]

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

[@wilfordcolbert1333]

Dude, you're massively underrated 🔥

[@7bucksnutrition303]

Massive fan of your stuff

[@MarcusSoothill]

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

[@SujoyChakravarthi93]

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

[@dan-qn6sz]

the ending song is too much 🤣🤣

[@solanumlinnaeanum2484]

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

[@jebus89]

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

[@wishingwell12345]

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

[@balham5606]

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

[@rjjcms1]

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

[@graemehall6767]

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

[@kwazilucas]

"running to where the ball wasn't" LOL

[@MrCr1spy1]

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

[@Bale4Bond]

Would be an improvement at this point

[@danpreston564]

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

[@cameronseegers7414]

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

[@danpreston564]

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

[@thejungwookim]

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

[@dev0nSA1nt]

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

[@withthespeed]

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

[@Priyanshhh1189]

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

[@Priyanshhh1189]

@A B 🤣

[@abe10]

@A B 😂

[@deanbrown29]

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

[@unserious_pod]

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

[@rashidkhalid3970]

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

[@UserName-br5zu]

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

[@Killer1984able]

The former Wigan left back?

[@ormurin6441]

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

[@taskdon769]

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

[@TheMuldoonFella]

Harry Maguire took that crown from Ali Dia

[@WayneW3st]

Imagine being so bad they subbed you off with a defender

[@rjjcms1]

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

[@SujoyChakravarthi93]

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

[@adam6543]

Loving the tifo merch ad at the end 🤣😭

[@zayam5401]

It's marry haguire, saved you 419 seconds.

[@northleedspoppa]

Danny mills has to be up there Worst player at Charlton team that got relagated Responsible for like 3 out 5 England goals conceded in world cup Worst player in Leeds team that got relagated Worst player in Derby team that got relagated

[@mutsam4278]

The song is actually a nice psychedelic. Tifo Merrrrrrrch.

[@verycasul]

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

[@nickrushbrook8415]

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

[@gregbest90]

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

[@markanthonylo4759]

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

[@VikingerOnYT]

Has to be Pogba.

[@derekmiles767]

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

[@hb3393]

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

[@charlasdefutbolscouting]

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

[@kane1987mk]

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

[@Ben-nr2rm]

Fully expected to see the words ‘Igors Stepanovs’ here

[@scottwilliamson7703]

If Harry Maguire isn't here, then I call nonsense.

[@David1991.]

De Gea should be in this video.

[@Oolong-Dong]

0:37 Magnum randomly popping up

[@tianruixiao9239]

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

[@simonsmith8406]

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

[@yoavparkinson9296]

The answer is Maguire.

[@ShinjiGetsGrounded]

he moved to america and changed his name to Ben Simmons

[@HAA30098]

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

[@thenightfox3873]

What a legend, fair play to him.

[@andyrharris]

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

[@akashpargaonkar1170]

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

[@Mr-Safology]

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

[@kritav1111]

You can't expect anything less from Sounness.

[@justin8910]

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

[@hunterrussell9263]

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

[@Eibarwoman]

L.W. Wright

[@shaikhshafiq9741]

Okay when's the album releasing for all the tifo songs. I am all in!!

[@thoyo]

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

[@Frazeyx]

Honourable mention to Wayne Hennessey as the worst premier league goalkeeper

[@GeniusLad32]

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

[@cfa1998]

I heard Arsene Wenger almost signed him for Arsenal.

[@colinsharp4172]

😅

[@jakeharris1370]

Got to be Paul McShane surely?! I remember seeing Everton beating Sunderland 7-1 and McShane was at fault for every goal!

[@danmount9462]

That you, Irish Guy?

[@StockwellJit]

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

[@ondank]

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

[@ColorMeMozart]

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

[@omrac]

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

[@lukhanyolungadyani4531]

Iwobi should be this guy

[@arpanm71]

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

[@janermaher]

I remember hearing this story from Richard Lewis, almost as well delivered

[@andrewagbesi6954]

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

[@BostonUnitedFM]

This guy needs to be brought into conversation during Super Sunday

[@philipeflop9943]

I saw the title and I’m still scratching my head that it’s not a video about Simon Dawkins

[@williamkeese489]

It’s actually Cuco Martina. Although he scored an absolute screamer on his Southampton debut, his stint for Everton was shameful as I certainly noticed he could not use his left foot.

[@brainnotfound337]

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

[@dylancraft1006]

The merch ad 😂😂 I'm literally crying. If that doesn't make you wanna buy it then nothing will

[@wesleyprendle6251]

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

[@bleuray90]

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

[@SCG77]

Hi. Your advertisement cant be skipped. How you do it?

[@westyNUFC]

Graham souness sometimes does "an evening with" events. I'm so tempted to turn up to one of these events wearing an old Southampton shirt with Ali Dia on the back

[@jmckendry84]

Tell him you're George Weah's other cousin