What On Earth Is Going On At Sevilla?

The best of the rest in Spanish football for the last 15-20 years, Sevilla have won a record breaking six UEFA Europa League titles since 2006, they have qualified for the UEFA Champions League in each of the last three seasons, and it's 20 years since they last finished outside the top half of the La Liga table.
Yet, almost halfway through the current season, the club from Andalusia is languishing towards the foot of Spain's top flight, and look to be in a relegation scrap.
In this documentary, HITC Sevens takes a look at the rise and fall of Sevilla, what has gone wrong for the kings of the Europa League, and whether there is any way back.

[@gts1300]

As a Roma fan, the 2018 transfer window's effects are still felt till this day. We somehow went from Champions League regulars and occasional title pretenders to struggling to get to the Europa League in the span of two seasons and in perpetual rebuilding. Monchi's mistakes were quite shocking and a lot of questions remain to be answered. Like why he preferred Pastore to Ziyech, who got extremely close to Roma thanks to Totti's efforts. Totti also ended up resigning after feeling like he wasn't listened to.

[@Yodawes]

Roma FC konami curse

[@TylerSolvestri]

You guys are forgetting than in La Liga, teams can barely do signings of 10 million Euros right?, Blame Tebas and the corruption of TV right companies such as CVC who are killing La Liga and turning it into Uber Eats 2.0

[@gts1300]

@@TylerSolvestri Sorry but what does this have to do with Roma being average?

[@b__c7538]

Lol title pretenders

[@evakratzer9777]

Monchi is still one of the best sporting directors of the last 20-25 years if you look at the whole picture. It didn't work out at Roma and his last window at Sevilla was really bad, but don't act like he is some idiot

[@rich_rich90]

That 09-10 Sevilla squad with Negredo, Kanoute, Fabiano, Renato, Perotti & Zokora was nuts!

[@lucaslonchampt613]

Aah it's been a long time since there was a "What on Earth is going on at _______" You know, when Sevilla was the Europa League winning machine, I kept telling myself, their fans should embrace this time as much as possible. This is a golden Era but there will come a time where they will slow down. I just didn't expect the fall to be that sudden and huge

[@Eibarwoman]

Real Sociedad in 2002-03 fell from 2nd to this situation in La Liga although with a one-off 2nd place season.

[@shekt8]

Plotting

[@ayeshasillah9287]

Wgilx 😅ya 😅puts Ju Ioohmolhiiok cu ln

[@evakratzer9777]

They won it just 2 years ago, it's not the end of an era. They could well win it again in the next few years

[@unstoppableExodia]

Around that time when Sevilla were flying high their cross town rivals were doing it very tough. Now the tables have turned and the Verdiblancos are flying high while Sevilla are seriously struggling

[@rokasgrajauskas4091]

Selling your best players? Handicapping yourself by buying older ones with no resell value? Signing famous players who are way past their prime on free transfers, but paying them enormously inflated wages? Struggling to score goals and flirting with relegation? If it wasn't for all the success and the titles that Sevilla have had in the past twenty or so years, I would think that you are talking about my beloved misery - Everton Football Club.

[@seandelap8587]

The same could be applied to Valencia who who were once regular La Liga contenders and Champions league knockout regulars and in fact they reached 2 successive finals in 2000 and 2001 which the lost to Real Madrid and Bayern Munich respectively their decline has been much more drastic imo

[@jhaych]

Peter lim

[@josecipriano3048]

@@jhaych wrong. Peter Lim arrived when the club was already in shambles.

[@jhaych]

@@josecipriano3048 he's not exactly helped it though mate

[@chlcrk]

Alfie previously did one on Valencia a couple of years ago but I'm guessing it's not got much better since

[@josecipriano3048]

@@jhaych at all. Doesn't mean that he'd never have the chance to buy it if the club was healthy.

[@lalitthapa101]

I don't follow La Liga much so you can imagine my absolute shock when I found out Seville were in the relegation zone. Looking forward to learning a lot from this video now on how it happened✨

[@Vikdeb25502]

Same for me. I tuned in to watch a sevilla match few days ago. I was shocked to see their situation.

[@mgrowy634]

Me when videos about the English league are posted. It’s impossible to relate to. This video was great though

[@justhuy7960]

I was at the Westfalenstadion when Dortmund drew against Sevilla, they played even better than Dortmund so I expect they were doing quite well in La Liga, what a shock to know they are in 17th place now

[@jdwagner1658]

@@justhuy7960 Sevilla played well that day because they were fresh of a manager change sometimes that boosts a team morale

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@jdwagner1658 they will bounce back Just wait and see

[@PINKEDASHPT]

"Ultimately when clubs are hyper dependant on developing players, selling them for substancial fees and then replacing them there is very little margin for error. Put simply if you keep selling all your best players it is very difficult not to eventually become a worse team." As a Sporting Lisbon fan (who I swear seems to sometimes only exist as a warehouse for Jorge Mendes' "prospects") this hits harder than you can imagine, lol.

[@joezebedee9893]

As a LaLiga fan I thank you for doing this video, could you also do one for the state of the league also? Things like the salary cap and the unfair distribution of TV rights ect, plus the worrying number of players leaving

[@jajasking9652]

Exactly, real sociedad got quite a lot of money selling players, specially with the 70 millions with Isaac, but they still had to buy really cheap Villareal bought cheap was well, despite of reach the semifinals of the Champions Betis struggled a ton to be able to fit all of their Squad at the beggining of the season Barça selled a lot of pasive incoming for get money at short time, but with a choice that Will be bad at long terms Real Madrid have barely speended money this last 3-4 years even if they won several trophies Sevilla: sold a ton of players, including kounde for around 60 millions euros, but barely bought any player ( and that's why they are soo fucked Up ) And i could go on, the rest of the teams are way, worse than Barça and Madrid, only rayo vallecano and Osasuna are making kind of a underdoogs, Osasuna because they have a decent team without the necesity of hire more players and rayo vallecano becuase they play football really Well, look how they won agains Madrid, playing better than 80% of the teams

[@twistingodin44]

But in Sevilla's problems isnt the mist important problem. The video is rlly bad, dont explain the most important. Im spanish, nit from Sevilla or Sevilla fan but i have direct Contact with Sevilla fans and journalist, and the most important problems are not showed in the video. Is more a local problem of their Directive and a Club problem .

[@joezebedee9893]

@@twistingodin44 what is the problem?

[@pesxbarca]

@@twistingodin44 what’s the problem then ? Please explain 😊

[@silviofelix1991]

@@joezebedee9893 hold on 😅

[@MySoccerUniverse]

Over the past couple of years, I have continued to call Sevilla the most frustrating team in Europe. With the exception of the Europa League win, there seemed to be so much promise and so little to show for … Thanks for the insight!

[@krishnab.a2524]

Maybe. They finished in the top four regularly but would drop down into the Europa League to win it. They could have been Champions League regulars.

[@tybomortier1211]

I love Lopetegui, but to describe him as a calming figure is far from the truth. He brought passion and energy back i would say. I disagree with the notion that his squad played boring football, for me during his spell (exept for the last 8 months) they played the best football in spain together with Betis I would say

[@ericperez4892]

As someone who wants to learn as much as possible about European soccer (ha!) as an American can, these videos are so good, entertaining, and educational. I love it.

[@AlphaYellow]

Idk if I'm alone on that, but Sevilla in La Liga kinda reminds me of Braga in Portugal, they are trying to break the big 3 clubs' dominance (Porto, Benfica and Sporting), but haven't won a league title yet. When it matters most, Braga loses it all in the final third of the season, when it's always so promising from them when they actually achieve great results against the Big Three. This season in Portugal might bring a surprise champion, let's see.

[@andrius11]

I wish Boavista go back to top of the Primeira liga.

[@AlphaYellow]

@@andrius11 Yeah, that great Boavista from the 1990s and early 2000s, miss it a lot too

[@andrius11]

@@AlphaYellow I agree i'm big fan in Lithuania of Boavista. Remember GK Ricardo who won liga with Boavista.

[@tybomortier1211]

I've been a Sevilla fan for a while now. This year has been chaotic and just plain bad. Januzaj is just baffling, doesn't care if he plays or not. His hands may been tied this summer but Monchi did a bad job, that's just a fact. The fanbase would agree. The transfers were just made like 5 days before the start of the league. Even free transfers as Isco, Januzaj or loans like Dolberg. It was just weird, so weird. The money they have is nothing compared to premier league clubs (wich is a big big problem in my opinion). Like you said at the end. Relegation teams in Premier League can pay way more. The Isco transfer get's a lot of laughs now, but almost all fans would agree that he and Bounou were by far the best players in the squad. Ocampos was so bad last season that everyone was happy to get him out. It's sad to see that a club like this with an amazing stadium and amazing fans is doing this bad. For my the midfield is by far the biggest problem, energy is what they lack the most. That's as clear as day. the aging midfield is sad to watch.

[@CRUZ4DEforW0RLDPE4CE]

Do you know whats happening with Isco? Is it true he's no longer on the team? Last I heard he went to the club because of Lopetegui but that didn't pan out well for him.

[@beniofisial6316]

Betis’ just better

[@johannaries2794]

Question I don’t usually watch Sevilla but ever since they lost kounde and Diego carlos have they been able to back up the defense?

[@tybomortier1211]

@@johannaries2794 at times. Most of this season they had to play Gudelj (not a center back) and a youth team player like carmona or salas there. If marcao And nianzou we're fit and played they looked pretty good

[@javierm.f6833]

@@beniofisial6316 No

[@claeswalter]

Yes another one ! Love this series, please do Anderlecht next. I think there would be a lot of interesting things to say about that situation

[@luke_borg_95]

You should do something on Everton about how they have gone since farhad moshiri has taken over the club ( transfers,building new stadium, sacking 8 managers in 9 years, fans loving farhad moshiri at the start and now they hate him )

[@18CDNSNO78]

Think they’ve done one on us at least twice in the last few years 😂

[@alexkozlowski]

Would love an update video on Sevilla. UEL Champions (again), and Mendilibar turning the club around with only 2 losses in 12 games.

[@mariolis]

And then went on to get a tie with Man. City in the UEFA Super Cup and only lose during the penalties... and that man Mendilibar ... repeats the process of moving to another underperforming team mid-season , transforming it in just a few months and then winning a European throphy with them...

[@DeTaxxman]

Any chance of doing one for Hebei FC? They went from having Lavezzi and Gervinho to having a goal difference of -97 and winning 2 games out of 34

[@zlikurac4840]

Dont forget the -3 points

[@ratedpending]

they finished on negative points 💀

[@ratedpending]

Guangzhou too, went from being a club with famous players to relegation

[@Kenny-Blankenship]

That has been brought up to him on twitter, so put that on the "maybe" pile.

[@happyChappy96621]

Easy everyone knows what happened in the Chinese league. It didn’t explode it popularity, it didn’t secure any lucrative international tv deals and lastly football is popular but football isn’t the most played sport in China.

[@booboosnack]

Being a fan of Real Betis and growing up with Sevilla's European monopoly, this downfall is incredibly satisfying to watch alongside the former's domestic revival.

[@reintaler6355]

Now if we can top it off with a revenge of 2014 that'd be perfect

[@4zafinc]

I'm glad you're enjoying. But for the sake of La Liga, replace Sevilla's achievements of last decade by your own. Pellegrini is the perfect guy with experience. Just be smart in transfer windows

[@samlynch1321]

We'll be back ahead of you where we belong soon enough, don't worry

[@ryansvede1862]

Need Betis to start winning some Europa Leagues fr…

[@kostajovanovic3711]

​@@ryansvede1862 or against Elche for that matter

[@chairmanalf7856]

When we were drawn against Sevilla in last season’s Europa League, I actually assumed that we’d be thrashed out of sight, so I was determined to make the most of visiting their lovely city. I was quite surprised when we beat them 2-1 on aggregate.

[@themoyesiah100]

That night on the 17th March really was our day in the sun. It was the best day of my life and was the greatest West Ham game I’ve ever been to and I’ve gone to almost 100. I was so confident we was going to win that second leg, I felt there was a special feeling in the ground that night ⚒️

[@lexkanyima2195]

They will bounce back

[@villek3722]

Funny that West ham is kind of experiencing similar downfall. Except West ham can still spend negative 100 million on transfers(something that Sevilla fans cant even dream of)

[@seandelap8587]

Parma from Italy are another team that you could do a video on they won a couple of Uefa cups and the cup winners cup during the 90s along with various domestic cups in Italy and had the likes of Hernan Crespo, Lillian Thuram and Gianluigi Buffon on their books to then being twice forcibly being relegated from the Seria A for financial irregularities certainly a massive collapse from the height if their 90s success

[@jajasking9652]

That sounds like italian deportivo acoruña, and It would be interesting

[@carcusminsden1310]

Is this the same whacky Sean Delap that posts right wing craziness on the sky news channel??? You seem so normal here!

[@Eibarwoman]

@@jajasking9652 Or a better performing Elche, which keeps popping back up but keeps ending up in the relegation area due to financial oddities (failure to pay players, now it's illegal tax benefits while being a bit more stable financially).

[@agustinfidalgo1302]

Finally a video about sevilla, vamoooos ❤⚪️🔴⚪️ Here in seville we are not completely afraid about the situation, but surely the presidential situation and the terrible summer transfer window are not helping 😢 Sevilla échale huevos!

[@elbarto7160]

These videos are so well researched. You have my respect man.

[@ryomawashere4032]

Mochi was suppose to be Arsenal's director of football in 2019 to work along with Unai Emery but Mochi declined to go back to Sevilla. It would be a very opposite Arsenal now if that were to happen. Thankfully, we got Edu and he work out great for us.

[@depekthegreat359]

Sevilla are one of my favourite Spanish clubs daily and ever in this world and other planets but I have been totally shocked to see them struggling in this season's Spanish La Liga,currently in the 17th position where this big club in Spain are shockingly being placed at they must target this months transfer window to offload some unwanted players and sign some world class players as well as developing on the youngster and start winning some of their remaining match and finish at least in the top 10 of the standings by the end of the season,good friends!!!LONG LIVE SEVILLA!!!🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️

[@josecipriano3048]

It's not a big club. They've played good football for pess than 20 years and have now gone back to normal. Their supporters will still act like they've won more than Madrid and Barça combined, tough.

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

"...one of my favourite Spanish clubs..." How many clubs do you claim to follow?

[@barbarian92]

@@ianmacfarlane1241 He says he’s a fan of any club Alfie mentions, so quite a few

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

@barbarian92 I've never understood anyone claiming to support more than one club. I can understand having a slight affinity with a team from another league or country, but being a fan/supporter? No.

[@barbarian92]

@@ianmacfarlane1241 For me, I'm a Chelsea supporter, but there are teams in the lower leagues that I wish them well. I think nowadays you can like how a team plays and/or support the causes they support, so it may not be as black and white regarding teams. However, claiming to support every single team that gets mentioned is a bit dubious.

[@badblood4727]

Another brilliant YT post Alfie, as a Liverpool fan I would love to hear your thoughts on how they have gone from 2 games away from winning everything to now. I know it has been a lack of spending, in particular the middle of the park. However, your thoughts on this subject would be valued.

[@Klyptic]

Exactly nailed the point that clubs like sevilla that operate on developing youth/buying cheap players to then sell for profit in top leagues really suffers in the modern game. It works for clubs in leagues they dominate I.E Benfica,Porto, Ajax & PSV. But is becoming very hard for clubs in leagues like the Serie A, La liga, Ligue 1, bundesliga. Ajax & Benfica are able to sell there best players and still regularly win the league because they are so much ahead of the rest of the competition financially, but try doing that in a league where you have the top dogs and they are the people you're selling to and you are in for a hard time.

[@Eibarwoman]

It doesn't work as well as you also have the Real Sociedad and Athletic Club types which also like to develop internally to keep talent as long as possible which results in "lifers". Said clubs can still have really poor seasons to the point of Real Sociedad's relegation in the late 2000s

[@Ariurotl]

Yeah, as a latent Betico, I find this rather satisfying. Also, just look at the bloke on the right at 0:33, that is the trouser level we can only ever dream of achieving.

[@96wtfomg]

Well, selling your best players while signing bad replacements sums it up. Plus a sporting director that seems to be more concerned with his image (Monchi) than the state of the team.

[@michaelfisher7159]

I’ve really missed these what on earth is going on videos, still the people’s channel

[@Eibarwoman]

The Elche situation further east is pretty much of similar magnitude of points loss pace, but is probably even more baffling as the roster's not that old, most of La Liga's been selling talent and not buying (getting worse) while Elche's been standing still which should have lifted the team which finished 13th upwards. Instead, Elche's got 4 points in 20th, 12 points behind safety which is Sevilla in 17th. The problem might be how Elche's owner is an Argentinian who is really fond of signing Argentinian players for only a bit more than River Plate or Boca Juniors selling "We're in La Liga" as the recruitment point in a league where you can't rapidly recruit young non-naturalized Argentinians of any quality whether on free transfer or a fee which have the highest potential for improving the squad and squad finances. Naturalized dual nationals, he can easily sign and there's no shortage of them in Spain whether they grew up in Spain or moved then naturalized as footballers. Edit: Had to explain some stuff about the Argentinians.

[@Dingle17]

Would absolutely love if you were able to do a video on real sociedad in general as there aren’t many videos on us on KZbin, regardless love the videos Alfie and keep it up

[@gonzalofuentes3878]

Hi. Sevilla fan here. Gladly (or sadly) surprised how well informed many of the comments are. I'm 28 and I've never seen my team doing this. Here in Sevilla nobody understand how this is happening. There is no anger on the air, just a feeling of depression cos we all feel this is going to end with us going down to league2. EVERYONE knew there was no point on starting the season with Lopetegui, the team plays no football at all, we've been signing 30 olds players with no physic whatsoever, just short guys with a lot of skills but zero speed. Now we bring back Sampaoli (I really thought this was a joke) who is the last guy you can hire for this job. He wants to play with the ball always, passing from GK to CB NEVER kicking the ball out. This cost us 1 point yesterday, and Sampaoli is NEVER going to change his orders wherever we are in the table. This is a problem, and since yesterday people has lost all the faith in him. But its not his fault. We've been thinking we had the best sport director (i dont know if you guys call it that way) but this summer signings have been the worse in our history. That is the most frustrsting thing of all, we've been winning all this trophies and reached Champions three years in a row (first time ever) and we have NO MONEY AT ALL and we always sign loan players 2 days prior market close. Meanwhile, seeing this fckn circus, former president Jose Maria Del Nido is trying to come back. And he will, is just a matter of months, but because of this there is a war inside the club. This man was in jail not so many years ago for taking money that didnt belong to him, and he has a very difficult kind of character. Some fans wants him back because they think he will put order into things, but some others (me included) things he just wants power, hes anxious about it, and you can see it everytime he speaks. Like I said, there is no stop to the change and he will be president, we'll see where this lead us to.... Thanks for the video and the comments, nice to see some people caring about us a little bit.

[@paulie-g]

My commiserations. What are the feeling of Sevilla supporters on his, shall we say, political tastes? I know Sevilla isn't Rayo, but I would think it would still be a problem, no?

[@eoghandowney537]

This has occurred before in La Liga. Such examples include Villarreal in the 2011/2012 season who did get relegated.

[@rohithraman6488]

Can you do a video predicting which team in the Spanish, Italian and German leagues (if it is ever going to happen) is most likely to pull off a Leicester-esque shock? I know Bayern have dominated German football for 10 years and the prospect of another team, let alone a massive underdog to topple them seems highly unlikely, but if we're living in that universe, which La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga team is most likely at the minute to pull off a Leicester City style title win?

[@DeTaxxman]

As a Bayern fan I could see Frankfurt or Stuttgart pulling it off. Once Muller and Neuer retires the Bundesliga is going to be competitive again.

[@jajasking9652]

For Spain, i don't see anybody doing a Leicester miracle, maybe rayo vallecano or Osasuna Will surprise in the Next season ? The closest we had was Getafe that nearly qualified for the UCL followed by Granada being in Europa league in their first season after being regelated ( and reaching 1/4 knocking out napoles, but this is another history ) For Italy, i have no idea For bundesliga, freiburg for sure

[@jajasking9652]

​​@@DeTaxxman freiburg doesn't seem too bad for win bundesliga as well

[@lucas_dr3]

@@DeTaxxman Stuttgart? Theres a higher chance of them getting relegated to the third tier

[@Eibarwoman]

@@jajasking9652 There was also the 2000 Alaves team which reached the UEFA Cup final.

[@anshumankonar877]

great video once again

[@poulius8118]

Another great video as per usual

[@flippindeadly]

Saw the LaLiga table yesterday for first time in ages and nearly fell over when I saw Sevilla in the relegation zone....

[@cronutism]

I especially love your "join me on a journery" segment

[@martinottesen1053]

Video Idea: The best club in each country that have never won a top flight title

[@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986]

Are you rating ‘best’ as the team that’s won the most trophies but not the league? e.g. domestic and European cups

[@martinottesen1053]

@@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986 something like that. For instance, in Norway, my home country, Odd BK would probably be the most successful club without a title, as they have won a joint record 12 cup trophies, but not a single top flight league title (though they have won the second division twice)

[@alexxx7261]

Great video. Right now, as a sevilla fan, i just hope to stay in first division this year.

[@tonchigaming7238]

Nice video. It would be cool to see a video about "the rise and fall" of former Japanese powerhouse Jubilo Iwata. I know it is a very niche topic but it is still interesting nonetheless.

[@lacandela69]

Class videos bro

[@JoeMercersWay]

Monchi put the investment in the youth team and was ahead of the game in bringing in Brazilian talent and flogging them on, but soon enough bigger teams copy the strategy and you lose that niche. He hasn't evolved in 10 years and thus Sevilla have fallen away. Their youth identity is non-existent and the South American market is barren without serious cash now. 15 years ago Sevilla would have snuck Enzo Fernandez, Julian Alvarez and/or Endrick for £5-10m, now that costs you £100m+.

[@yisraelbrooke1481]

Yessss finally thus series resumes!!

[@damilolabakare887]

Another great video Alfie. Here's a suggestion: Every Premier league team's greatest ever player

[@MrJohnSeager1]

Great video - can you do one for Crawley town and/or gillingham fc

[@chlcrk]

Crawley would be good as their situation is quite something, even moreso given they just convinced the Swindon Town boss to jump ship from a team fighting for promotion to join their rabble

[@oscarsandoval7753]

I remember Luis Fabiano was playing for Sevilla! Hopefully they get it together!

[@Duzz1412]

Sevilla should've tried appointing Mauricio Pochettino..

[@ghofranebenlagha4289]

Acrually, everything is allright here xD We'll win the EL and play Champions League football next year as we'll finish above Betis too

[@WolvesBrandon]

3:31 There should be a video on this La Liga season. Crikey.

[@Ralfester]

moments like 24:37 are the reason I love hitc

[@guguy00]

Looking forward to the inevitable "What On Earth Is Going On At Chelsea?" video. Seriously my club are a mess.

[@Inavo97]

Hey Alfie could you do a video on Xerez CD? A club who got promoted to La Liga for the first time in their history back in 2009 but just a little over 10 years later they find themselves in the fifth tier of Spanish football

[@PAAKWAMEPAA]

Hmm i like the video a lot, I’d say that Valencia is also up there in terms of importance being that they have won the super cup as well as la liga since 2000. They are comparable to Sevilla

[@cheesestring2032]

You know its bad when HITC Sevens post "what on earth is going on at"

[@Friendly_Cthulhu]

Just wondering if you've done a video on the combined ability of players who have gone into management?

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Well done, Alfie. Now do the impossible - a "what the hell is going on" on a team that looks like (according to league position) they are doing well, and have knocked out a Premier League side from the Fa Cup, but frankly, we are playing like inconsistent bollocks, and have been all season. It is through more good luck than management (what's that? - Darren Moore) that we're in 4th. Yes, I would love a "what the hell is going on at Sheffield Wednesday", please.

[@ThomasDonnelly1888]

These guys are just something else

[@itsmeblank4028]

Alfie is there a video on Everton? If not could we have one?

[@connorupton4200]

Great video Alfie, I think in this series we’ve seen a lot of malicious and fraudulent owners and board members, yet in this instance I can’t help but think they were good faith in their transfers but just royally screwed it up and weren’t aligned with the club.

[@dariogutierrez6716]

Hopefully they go down and are reborn with a fresh board. Also, that Fidel joke was so dumb it made me chuckle

[@themilkywayuniverse6962]

Are we not going to talk about how willing Sevilla was to sell their players to LaLiga opponents? I mean that was going to bite them in the cheeks eventually

[@mostwanted2kay]

I believe the problem with Sevilla is that no one treted it as a big clubs, not even the owners. They sold all their top players and they didn't invest and they see the results of it.

[@PincheBrayan101]

I had no idea Sevilla is in 18th place in La Liga. They might be relegated.

[@soccerking710]

That Castro joke was mint mate!

[@myrice101]

Been waiting for this, I like sevilla and they have been pretty decent in recent times, but this is a huge mess rn

[@oleratomokoka7955]

Finally someone mentions the relegation threatened sevilla

[@twistingodin44]

But he didnt showed and explained the most important problems. Trust me im spanish and i follow the Sevilla currently situation since the summer talking with Fans and local journalists.

[@robertcairney2955]

Can you do one on Clydebank

[@boghianvalentin7687]

Apparently Sevilla are turning into a monster in the Europa League ,because they are still a disaster in La Liga, even if they are in 12th place in La Liga, they are 2 points away from the relegation zone and they do not seem able (in October 2023) to qualify in European competitions.

[@the_footballtourist]

That Castro bit killed me 😂

[@flak509]

I've missed these

[@josecipriano3048]

Karma. After the disgrace of the 2013/2014 Europa league final and how much they were helped, the referee keeping them alive throughout the match and letting the gk save all penaltis 1 meter away from the line at the end, they're probably cursed forever. As they should.

[@TheMastermetagross]

Can we get a playlist of all the what on earth is going at? Please

[@COYWM2022]

Unai Emry cannot be replaced

[@skm5974]

I wont get tired of asking for a "what is going on at Arsenal". We should be get some good press for the success we are achieving. Alternatively I would like a documentary where you share you thoughts on how Arteta managed to turn things around. Love the content, keep up the good work✌️

[@stantory1822]

You still didn't win the league,easy now there is still time for classical Arsenal collapse,we are all hoping for one.

[@skm5974]

@@stantory1822 whether we win the league or not, this has been an Improvement. Period!

[@Alex-xn2pj]

@@stantory1822Seems like our club is stuck in all you rival fans' heads. Liverpool, Chelsea and Spurs all have had worse seasons, but we're still the classic banter club in your eyes, smh thats not us being a banter club, thats just you lot being deluded, praying for us to struggle when we're still on top of the league

[@Alex-xn2pj]

@@skm5974 Well said

[@hananidrisi6436]

That sounds like the shittiest topic of all time

[@Alex-xn2pj]

You repeated yourself on 4:13 and 4:33, was this intentional or done by accident. Otherwise great video :)

[@saas9997]

Man I don't wanna think where Sampaoli is even gonna after they sack him. They don't want him in Chile, they don't want him in his home Argentina, they don't want him in France after screwing up the Champions League for Marseilles, and now the won't want him in Spain. He truly is out of allies or people that care for him at this point.

[@sagikurland1146]

Can you make a video about Oscar gloh and why everyone talks about him?

[@evilestmanlp]

9:00 why is Tunisia’s NT there ?😅

[@unwound9343]

They won 3 of their last 4. Things are looking up. You have to realise that between Lopetegui's sacking and when this video came out, we had a world cup and Sevilla haven't really played that many matches. Sampaoli needs time.

[@watchlfcwintheucl1693]

Could u please make a what on earth is going on at Napoli video

[@harizznaufal8000]

Alfie please make a vid about what on earth is going on at chelsea please I cba anymore

[@alebroker7587]

Poor management at the top executive level, there are new managers coming in soon.

[@Tony.L9793]

They could be the next Deportivo La Coruna

[@beniofisial6316]

Here in Sevilla (where most of Sevillians are béticos), we are really happy ❤🎉😂

[@patrickomeara3700]

Wild that Sevilla went and won the Europa League again after this 😮

[@MrSniperfox29]

Sevilla are one of the strangest teams ever Midtable in Spain, knocked out of the ECL in the group stages every year, win EL to repeat the process

[@mariolis]

​@@MrSniperfox29well, not gonna be possible anymore...

[@dinisfonseca6305]

Correction: Alfie you are wrong, Sevilla won 8 titles in the last 15 years while Atlético won 10

[@yungguattari4924]

Watching this vid on January 18th and Sevilla sits down at 19th place, oh boy.

[@edwarburton]

I feel like these Spanish clubs often have seasons where they’re in “crisis” yet one season later they’re winning the europa league.

[@TylerSolvestri]

Not their fault, you English football fans ignore your Arab teams spending 3 billion euros every transfer market.

[@rulojb5654]

One?

[@burakalp34]

Can you do one of these for Beşiktaş

[@undertaker9956]

I am Real Madrid fan but I love this historical football and I wish them the best

[@apjsard1]

Villa aren't in a relegation dog fight - they're in mid-table obscurity. Sevilla desperately need goals and their team is too old.

[@Eibarwoman]

Wait until you see Elche which makes Sevilla look like an offensive force.

[@alessiodeseck6437]

U should do a whats going on at saint etiennes, they are dead last in league 2 rn

[@paulpablo2096]

Please bro any chance of doing What On Earth Is Going On At Chelsea

[@fr8460]

can you do a what on earth is going on at chelsea

[@staticshockk]

I thought they were doing well considering that they have the 2 players that were responsible of making portugal loose the world cup and the fact that they have 2 players from argentina XI.

[@FAOHUESOS]

8:56 isn't that the Tunisia national team?

[@aniketsawant6075]

This club could be a perfect opportunity for marcelo gallardo to start his european coaching career.

[@zoob29]

PLEASE

[@harrycraven717]

You should do Cardiff city next, it's an absolute circus over here

[@JohnBoyBeattie]

Hi Alfie, quick question. I see you use lots of Getty Images in your videos. Do you have to pay per image that you’re using or do you pay a set monthly/annual fee to use as many as you want?