What On Earth Is Going On At Lyon? (2024 Update)

[@Ryies12]

You know your club is cooked when Alfie has to include "2024 update" in the title.

[@mr.dappermarsh3213]

Hitler reportedly killed himself after seeing “What on earth is going on in the Fürherbunker (1945 edition)” be uploaded

[@maxvandoorn3799]

I mean, with Hamburg and Schalke, he could do monthly updates, sooooooo... always think positive

[@thriii.sixx_mvfiv]

💯 facts😂

[@vincenta1382]

Unfortunately, Textor is the classic American owner who does not care about football or the fans. He has done a dozen transfers between the 4 teams he owns (Lyon, Crystal Palace, Botafogo, Molenbeek). He is simply playing with money and we ended up spending all our budget on players we didn’t need. Another example of what’s going on is how the club treated our starting GK for the past 10 years, Anthony Lopes. He was a Lyon ultra growing up and he always gave everything for the team, played really well, but he was very outspoken and rumors said Textor wanted to take power away from the influential players with Lyon origins (nicknamed as the Gang des Lyonnais), as they care deeply about to the team and were not just silent employees. So this summer, they cut him from the team, for no apparent reason. Our new GK is talented, but true Lyon fans didn’t forget what the board did to a club legend who was bleeding red and blue. Billionaires who own multiple teams are killing our game, this isn’t a football team anymore, it’s a business enterprise. #AgainstModernFootball

[@vincenta1382]

I didn’t watch the video yet, sorry if I repeated some points I just wanted to express my opinion. Thank you for making a video about us.

[@LactatingFly]

What he’s done with Botafogo is pretty amazing so it’s working for us at least

[@drift3426]

Sad to see Textor using Lyon money to go all in with Bottlefogo's potentially failed title chase for the second season in a row

[@rafaels.c.almeida7235]

@@drift3426 Botafogo won't win the title BECAUSE of Lyon. If they don't manage to win the Libertadores (the final is in 4 days and they are playing Palmeiras today for the lead) the team will be dismantled and most of the good players will go to Lyon the next season

[@SandDune11]

What do you think of zaha?

[@_Ali.]

I’m assuming you’re working in “wtf is going on at City” as we speak Alfie 😂

[@CelticBhoy67]

Hope so 😂😂😂

[@johnandrews8590]

Don't be silly. It's just 4 games FFS.

[@MrCuntacular2]

@@johnandrews8590 👋

[@F1Krazy]

@@johnandrews8590 Five, actually

[@soundscape26]

For now just a dip in form me thinks... there's nothing behind the scenes (yet at least) like usually happens with the clubs featured in these videos

[@belodie]

Surely we just need a "What On Earth Is Going On In France" at this point...

[@HarryWessex]

France is a footballing anomalie, Great nation side & a league as dyer as League 2

[@chlcrk]

Ironically he has done one as well

[@Thomao]

Keeping an eye on the Mbappe situation with that. The seeds of drana were planted with a suspected rift with Giroud. His energy with Madrid is getting iffy. If he fails to produce for France in the near future, it will be hell for that national team, unless players like Thuram and others step up.

[@boogy1033]

@@Thomao Don't worry about french national team. they are the best nation in this century

[@Thomao]

@boogy1033 The past is great. We live in the present though. Spain laughs at France right now.

[@AndrewBrown-fq6vp]

As a Palace supporter, the faster he sells his stake in the club the better. Although the players probably wouldn't admit it, I think the ownership stuff is having an effect on all the players and staff which is being reflected in lack of confidence on the pitch this season.

[@vincenta1382]

I feel you bro, let’s hope we all get rid of Textor soon 🙏

[@lordpembridge303]

You're a Championship team who's been clinging onto Premier League status for the last 11 years. Behave yourself and be a bit more grateful.

[@softandwet7584]

@@lordpembridge303absolute cope

[@harveyholmes9533]

The mention of Sylvinho made me think a video on ‘the 7 most disastrous managerial tenures’ would be really interesting. Focused on long term damage caused by stints in charge and managerial decisions, not necessarily just the worst in terms of results.

[@Frogunity]

Thank you for turning the first quarter of this video into a rant against PSG, the biggest problem in French football for years now. Can't wait for the day the Qataris leave and PSG goes bankrupt.

[@somethinglikethat2176]

They'll run out of money sooner or later

[@eavyeavy2864]

But it wasn problems when Lyon dominated 😂?

[@eavyeavy2864]

Hypocrisy

[@somethinglikethat2176]

​@@eavyeavy2864 it's not that a side is dominating, but how they are dominating that people dislike. If a club is on top due to for example; smart transfer business, a great manager, or an academy that turns out superstars every other week then it's hard to begrudge their success. If however a club is on top because an oil monarchy is pouring enough money in that they can have the highest wage bill in history and the second highest net spend while losing hundreds of millions, then people tend to feel that the success is not earned.

[@Frogunity]

@@eavyeavy2864 average PSG fan not being able to understand the difference between a dominance born from smart ownership, long build-up of good decisions, great transfer business, and a state-owned club with unlimited funds constantly being pumped into it, inflating wages and transfer fees worldwide and making it impossible to compete.

[@Macho_Fantastico]

PSG have done so much harm to Ligue 1, it's crazy. That said, poor club management can't all be blamed on PSG,

[@boogy1033]

Wtf are you talking about ? the english and spanish clubs did harm ligue1 they steal all the best players from ligue 1, and the league can't compete with others leagues because of that. Without Psg france wouldn't have 5 teams in europe competition

[@sEaNoYeAh]

​@@boogy1033 PSG has killed Ligue 1's competition, set bad precedents the others shouldn't have tried to compete with, and that ultimately may have harmed the brand and the league's capacity to grow organically and sustainably as a product. But as is endemic in French football, bad decision making is everywhere and too many worst of all worlds middle ground choices have been made by the League and the teams in their response to the issues PSG pose.

[@hmmer3471]

Ligue 1 cares more about PSG than other clubs

[@RyuzakiTaiyou]

Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 701) Alternativly you could do "Best German players who played outside the Bundesliga" or something like that if you prefer. 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.

[@yusufkassim8236]

I really do respect your grind man!

[@syox3667]

Definetly has to do this

[@diverse_load]

I think something like best players to never play in their domestic leuges from top 5 nations would be better

[@Emmanuel-lp9fp]

​@@RyuzakiTaiyou Respect I will also continue asking a Ghana video until Alfie tells me to stop or the video is made

[@Zpice]

I love how this had the mis-spelling of alternative the entire time

[@sydwellmyataza]

What on earth is going on at Roma

[@soundscape26]

Oh yeah, a video on Roma would be nice yes

[@milaninter2442]

Sacked Mourinho, sacked DDR, sacked Juric and will now ride with Ranieri until the end of the season I guess. All that whilst spending "big" in the summer. Crazy time for that club

[@Rossoneri2]

Another case of American ownership

[@Freestyle80]

@@Rossoneri2has nothing to do with American ownership, Roma is always up and down

[@ottomanosman2463]

You may need to wonder French football stability for most part. It's insane to see how French football cycled between glories and messes and still produced a world class NT.

[@e-money9251]

That’s because their catchment areas are absolutely vast, half of the continent of Africa is practically one of them

[@jaydinyearwood9181]

​@@e-money9251correct bro France's national team is Africa united

[@wtpc6370]

@@e-money9251 what catchment area are you talking about lmao, 95% are born in France it's not like they are some animals catched on the jungle, y'all base your opinions on ideologies while not even making some research about france and especially paris suburb, which produces a lot of professional players, y'all should check that, really.

[@e-money9251]

@@wtpc6370 and you are waffling rn, I never said anything about them being born in africa. It’s the fact that many if not most of their best produce have their roots in africa and therefore provide them with incentive to keep accepting migrants hence the “catchment areas”

[@Goudhaantje1993]

As unstable as the clbus are, their academies are rock solid. and as a huge nation with densely populated cities, there's a big pond to fish in.

[@dconaghan4465]

Request for a video on Celtic’s Lisbon Lions, the Treble winning team from 1966/67. First British and Northern European team to win the European Cup, beating Inter Milan with all players being born within a 30 mile radius from Celtic Park.

[@rafaels.c.almeida7235]

the worst part about this is that this problem is directly affecting the Brasileirão

[@gregdeboer1]

True. But again you seem to mistake the club rather than the owner as the reason for this

[@brasilo64]

Love that the first half of the video is mainly complaining about PSG

[@fredb3400]

Even though we are not that much better at managing players.

[@chadsingh688]

i don't think you realize how bad PSG ruined french football, even global football

[@eavyeavy2864]

Gotta stroke the poors

[@eavyeavy2864]

​@@chadsingh688saf broke transfer record

[@valarmorghulis4248]

You should make a video about Panathinaikos F.C. 15 years without league win for a club that played in final of C.L and 3 times at semi finals. Would be interesting to do an investigation.

[@eavyeavy2864]

So, arsenal?

[@seamuswoods8436]

Can you do one of these with Ghana? Feels like them not qualifying for AFCON is like Germany not qualifying for the EUROs

[@jimmyrecendiz4940]

Fng did a 20 min video on Ghana yesterday

[@captainnana3870]

What I don't really get with Lyon is their ridicoulus spending patterns, they were already in a financial hole and decided to fork out 30+ million for an average defender in Niakathe from Forest, whilst Forest brought in Murillo and Milenkovic for cheaper. its insane how they spend money they don't have on avereage players smh

[@Emmanuel-lp9fp]

Please make video on Ghana's downfall ,especially now that they are out of the AFCON

[@treF_19]

i’ve literally never been more excited more a video since i heard the news

[@MrCuntacular2]

Last time I was this early, I thought this Channel was ran by Todd Cantwell

[@Dubliner-un9lw]

How about a "What On Earth Is Going On At Dundalk?" video. From dominating Irish football in the 2010s, locking horns with Rapid Vienna, Arsenal and Molde in the 20/21 Europa League to relegation in the League of Ireland and staring into a financial abyss in 2024. A smaller club than what you normally cover but would go a long way to understanding Irish football governance and the downfall of the national team in the last two decades (more so than your video about how Delaney ruined Irish football).

[@ezraezra2928]

Crazy to see the fact John Textor was the main problem for Lyon. What's more interesting is that the other club whose major shareholders are belonged to Textor also had their own debacles. Crystal Palace were still in contention of fighting themselves for the relegation, while Botafogo potentially had the 2nd bottlejob in terms of title race in a row (they are playing against Palmeiras for the league, while also having the Libertadores Final against Atletico Mineiro a few days later).

[@Insaneronald]

Textor did something weird wit Botafogo. Until now he mostly focused on Botafogo, with some success as they might win the league and the libertadores. Most of the Lyon sales went to Botafogo budget. With the end of the Brasilian season, this time Textor should send Brazilian money to Lyon this winter. A team reaching the final of the libertadores will surely do some good sales.

[@abheekdasgupta7079]

The way football clubs are run, Alfie would soon need to work a hundred hours a week to keep up

[@timothybarnett1006]

When thinking about the multi-club model in vogue at the moment I am reminded of Ian M Banks's quote about Out Of Context Event: 'an event that most civilizations encounter once in their history and that is similar to a sentence encountering a full stop.'

[@adambarker-wyatt6579]

Great video but one correction. Les Gones is their nickname not because of their academy, it's just the slang term for lyonnais people. It does means kid in Lyonnais slang but outside of the region it just means lyonnais people.

[@katenga21]

Is a shame what's going in French football, they should follow the German modal 49 + 1 rule thing

[@miggfam]

I’ve been waiting for this …this truly is the people’s Chanel

[@petesmart1983]

Textor basically killed every team he owned

[@Slinguh1111]

Except botafogo.... Which is now brazillian spurs

[@LactatingFly]

Bro as a Botafogo fan dont say that to me

[@MaxLC69]

Because botafogo is the only team he owns with his own money and in witch he has something to lose​@@Slinguh1111

[@splashnskillz37]

@@Slinguh1111 We'll see, might win a title yet

[@ezraezra2928]

@@splashnskillz37 They were now in a Libertadores Final. We'll see.

[@MasterTramsYouTube]

You could probably do a "What on Earth is going on in France" video right now...

[@ryomawashere4032]

This is why we follow and love Alfie. HERE WE GO!!

[@thiagoalcantara7371]

Wow just watching this now Alfie really grateful to see my comment in the video 👍 I will now watch the rest of the video which I am positive as always will be fantastic. Have a good day Alfie

[@giodhuha6771]

Alfie thank you, you really are the man of culture. 👍🤲👏

[@danielfrancis7798]

Video idea: 7 greatest ever players who never had a transfer fee.

[@joachimhovgaardramlau3064]

it already exists: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2mxeYlnaLp8hZY

[@gianschweizer8647]

A great video as always!

[@AussieSP]

The expenditure in the last 20 years has crazy. No wonder, more than ever, many teams are either bankrupt or on the verge of bankruptcy. There needs to be a cap on player payment and transfers. How much does a player need to live comfortably??

[@momadoudibba6646]

Need a what is going on at Ghana next time

[@mellowado6184]

Too many idiots confuse the French national teams' success with their league, which is atrocious. They have only won the UCL/European cup once. England has produced 6 clubs that have won it. 4 of those by the early 80's which is still a record by itself. I wish people would stop talking about French club football as if failure is a surprise. Scotland has won as many UCL trophies...

[@gloriousegghead]

Who is looking out for the sport? Allowing clubs to be owned by nation states and oligarchs who pump ridiculous money into clubs is slowly killing the competitiveness in the sport and bankrupting clubs trying to keep up. We all know no one will do anything about it though it's too late now. Not to mention billionaires who don't give a shit and multi club ownership.

[@eavyeavy2864]

Jealous?

[@serkdamerc6236]

bein did a simillar shady deal with match broadcasting rights in turkey

[@MrAtzu]

Would you consider making a What On Earth Is Going On video about Red Bull Salzburg? They won 10 Austrian titles in a row between 2014 and 2023 but failed to win it last season and they’re currently 6th in the Austrian Bundesliga, 14 points behind 1st place Sturm Graz. They’ve also been rather poor in the Champions League and just lost 5-0 to Leverkusen.

[@ezraezra2928]

They only got 1 win in the Champions League this season, which was against Feyenoord, as well as even losing to the likes of Sparta Prague, Brest, and Dinamo Zagreb.

[@carlosrodriquezofficial]

Pls also do an Ajax update, a lot has been happening over there aswell

[@andrewlucio2000]

At long last, been waiting on this to drop🎉

[@seandelap8587]

PSG really have destroyed the other French teams

[@eavyeavy2864]

the english and spanish clubs did harm ligue1 they steal all the best players from ligue 1 and the league can't compete with others leagues because of that.

[@massivewilly1002]

I forgot about Alexander lack of threat until I saw the thumbnail

[@Rossoneri2]

Lackofthreat🤝 Gabonese Jamie vardy 😂

[@golliday917]

I absolutely did not expect to see Jey Uso in one of Alfies videos.

[@archstanton6102]

Yeet

[@johnandrews8590]

What on earth is going on at Kochi United?

[@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716]

Pretty soon PSG will be the only club in French top flight.

[@IHSpark7325]

Need a video on their division rivals Montpellier later on, especially if their performance doesn't improve. Looks like they will get relegated after 13 years in the first division.

[@joeltchitchi2536]

D24: 7 best female footballers of all time

[@davidphinn9646]

I'd like to see that, tho I'd admit to bias being from🍁😸🤷🏾‍♂️

[@patrickschattilly]

Thanks to this channel I don't have to travel to Europe I love these trips 😂😂😂

[@yukiminsan]

Thought that was Thierry Henry in the thumbnail till I read the name 🤦

[@fredb3400]

Hey there, great video! I see you must follow Molina with some of the details. Question: you said you were on Bluesky, but yet i cant find you on there. Cheers from a French guy lost in Missouri

[@Lukkar-j9m]

I don’t know if it is mentioned in the video (haven’t watched it jet) but the fact that french clubs are gonna be paying 13% of their tv income for as long as they are in ligue 1 and basically nothing for is absolutely insane

[@TheShruik]

Hey Alfie thanks for the update :D Just a small thing: the french AU (as in Aulas) is pronounced O as in Owen. (the same goes for Aubameyang, Aurier etc.)

[@alr68]

You reminded me of this one Sky analyst who pronounced Aubameyang as Oo-boo-me-yang and I've never been able to get that out of my head

[@maciejbala477]

I mean it's still better than how he pronounced Aulas in the last video, where he said it like the German ö if I remember correctly lol

[@simonmatthews7512]

Time for 'What on earth is happening at Maccabi Tel Aviv'.

[@ezraezra2928]

No way you even mentioned a club from war-torn country!

[@Juhraad]

Great vid as per. Let me drop my unwanted idea of the 7 most Promising Managers in World Football

[@anthonyjudeaggabao2302]

Because of the so many business people getting into football ownership there's gonna so many case studies with regards to owning football clubs and I think Alfie's work will be like the most cited source on some grad student's paper.

[@DieEneNoah]

I mean it's difficult to cite him when he himself doesn't cite sources

[@BALHAM69]

#thepeopleschannel a video on the Bangladesh premier league and the rise of Bashundhara kings would be good A team who went into the top flight after promotion and won the last Six league titles now! Are they the next fc Bayern? Are they a team to keep a eye on next few years? Thanks Alfie 😊

[@SeanKeane-rn2vs]

Alfie lad! What about "Top 7 Big Game Players", players who always put in MOTM performances in the big occassions

[@jc6087]

"When I last talked about them" ❌ "When I last spoke about them" ✅

[@fishmaster665]

Please do "what's going in in Edinburgh"

[@James-m7m3x]

Relegation is what’s going on in Edinburgh

[@cromo6132]

"having budgeted for a billion euro tv deal" just doesn't sit right with me.... Spending money you don't have yet doesn't seem like the best idea. Especially in football....

[@joachimhovgaardramlau3064]

35:57 it's not correct - he was sold to Molenbeek from Danish side FC Nordsjælland, then loaned out to Lyon, and then sold to Lyon

[@edmundbloxam2714]

Don't do yourself down, Alfie. You're just as handsome now as you were in 2023!

[@dantejohnson9149]

I’ve been waiting for this ine

[@KyleMann-hc3go]

Alfie can you please make a video on the 7 best assistant managers of all time xx

[@BearIslandComics]

I put some Lyonnais on my sandwich the other day, it was delicious

[@5320753]

7 of the best naturalized players!

[@harrypck8609]

what on earth is going on at boavista youtube boy

[@Scottie444]

I watched them versus Rangers, they looked great.

[@showtimeblc]

Pls make a video about FC Porto, the club is in a dying state

[@CelticBhoy67]

News to me what's wrong?

[@CelticBhoy67]

They've only lost 2 games this season...

[@showtimeblc]

@@CelticBhoy67 President pinto da costa lost his first election in 42 years and left the club in awfull financial situations, the new president sacked Sérgio Conceição long time coach that had many success with the club, the new coach is ass and fans were outside the stadium protesting, lost 4-0 to benfica, lost to sporting and got smoked my Moreirense in the cup Last season porto ended in 3rd place 18 points away from 1st place The biggest club in Portugal ( check international titles if you think benfica is better) is in a bad situation right now

[@splashnskillz37]

@@showtimeblc Could be Textor's next club purchase if they feel like selling, been trying for awhile to get one in Portugal

[@showtimeblc]

@@splashnskillz37 porto is a 50+1 clubs idk if that's possible tbh

[@johnathandickson2644]

How's you Alfie boy? Suggestion 7 best players in each position ever and ultimate 11 for the (top six) premier league clubs maybe include hull city to make it 7 clubs 👍🏻

[@boblee9265]

Thought of a video idea. How come penalty shootouts in ecenta years have been longer in major tournaments such like the europa league final in 2021 and the 2022 carabao cup and fa cup finals.

[@boblee9265]

Recent years

[@jahiem4692]

Vincent Lebron

[@bermuda_master3486]

2024 Update on Schalke 04 soon?

[@MrSmith1984]

You have to wonder if French Clubs will ever consider setting up a Multi-Nation League (perhaps even a European Super League) with their German, Italian & Benelux counterparts.

[@t.robinson4774]

31:00 Hi Alfie, you can’t tell us how PSG has screwed league economics, then appear not to understand the need to offload more expensive players. Everything you explain after that are actions of an Asset Manager. Manoeuvring figures around or off a page. No emotional attachment and a ‘moneyball’ style of thinking without any apparent strategic purpose in football. At the end of the day (in the view of this owner) this is all about making money, not winning leagues, trophies, et al…

[@John17489]

Video on the amount of times football fans say “sack the board” and if it’s even successful or not

[@joshhunt9129]

Alfie with the recent news that MARK ROBINS is to be replaced by FRANK LAMPARD! It got me thinking, what are the greatest managerial downgrades in history? Would love to see what you come up with on this front! Is Coventry's change even as bad as I think? Are there some examples where an initial downgrade has actually ended up working out for the better for club and manager?

[@Martysama64]

1:14 what an opportunity to insert Danny Drinkwater's pic

[@lanoctemla]

I'm an american tottenham supporter and one thing I know is levy will not allow the club to be in such a video/discussion... just please win a trophy :(

[@albin3455]

It’d be awesome if you could make a video on Kosovo and its rise in football the past 10 years, especially considering how recent their war with Serbia is.

[@chrisevans73]

Should do a video on blackburn rovers arw down fall in last 15 years has been scary

[@diverse_load]

7 Best players to never play in their domestic league from top 7 nations, this list has some massive names such as Verratti and griezmann.

[@nabodabo1235]

assuming u mean top flight and not retired, England would have Jude Bellingham, germany idk literally everyone has played in germany, spain maybe david raya

[@diablejambe3460]

@@nabodabo1235was gon say robin gosense for germany. Went and checked to be sure and forgot he finally played in the bundesliga last year lol.

[@christiansimbarashe]

thought you were going to do man city, Alfie. Surely that's got to be coming soon, right?

[@christiansimbarashe]

can we call swinging a multi girlfriend relationship model?

[@maciejbala477]

it certainly looks more professional on your CV and will earn you points for managing inside a stressful environment

[@shanelenham8736]

I wonder if we're going to get a new what on earth is going at Hull City Vid after the sacking of the manager?

[@wolfxv3]

When I grew up Lyon what IT. I even had a Juninho jersey after I saw him score that freekick vs Bayern…. Just said…

[@armadillomaster]

Not the first and won't be the last French club to go this way. Bordeaux, Sochaux so far. Now Lyon

[@FearlessXful]

Second request to make a video about FC Twente

[@khulisoFlame]

You talked more about PSG than Lyon

[@JoeMercersWay]

If PSG had been forced to pay a 50% transfer tax, French football would have been saved

[@BALHAM69]

#thepeopleschannel a video on Clapton cfc 😅 Clapton Community fc💁‍♀️ How they are fan owned and they now own the oldest ground in London.😮 A team formed in 2018. Six years ago.😊

[@paradocs6323]

Day 1 asking for a video about Phil Foden and the England NT

[@Darkmountaindweller]

Americans owning football clubs has been a disaster across board

[@mrbojangles5313]

To a Yorkshireman much of this video sounds like you are bemoaning the chronic mismanagement of Lyon FC by your missus

[@minervadetauro7646]

Another video, another day asking for the "what on earth is going on in the argentinian league" video

[@Westhamsterdam]

Sounds incredibly like KV Ostende, who was also owned by an American investment fund & built a basketball arena & went bust this June!

[@albertmiller2electricbooga897]

Kinda odd to me that Ligue 1 has always been the fifth best league, I suppose the French speaking parts of the rest of the world, with the exception of Quebec, aren't very wealthy so broadcast deals would make less, but surely French cities like Lyon or Montpellier or Strasbourg have enough brand image overseas for some marketing for their clubs. Is rugby taking fans away from soccer cos of Antione DuPont and the World Cup?