The story of Nii Lamptey shouldn't be compared to a Greek Tragedy, but instead to the story of Hercules. He never had a good father in his life, they were both awful to him. he was held hostage by his country and forced to play so much at such a young age, he was manipulated by his agent, tragically lost 2 children, was betrayed and left by his wife, and yet he holds his head high. he owns a school in Accra, teaching children to read and write when he never could at that age, he teaches football at an academy, he got married again and had two more children. the man is of steel, a survivor of what life has thrown at him and a man who lives to learn from his own tragedies, not someone who could ever be consigned to history just by what happened to him but how he stood tall against it.
@@Omnipotentmonkey whilst heracles is the namesake of a greek tragedy written by euripides, said tragedy concerns the story in which he is driven mad and slays those around him, causing him to take on the 12 labours in penance. he therefore is the protaganist of a tragedy, but when placed in the context of his whole mythology, including the completion of the 12 labours themselves, it's more comparable to an epic in my eyes
Jackson Martinez played for my local club (Independiente Medellín) at the start of his career. It was sad to see his downfall since joining Atlético after being so prolific for Porto.
Agreed. I still remember his prolific performances at Porto in the Champions league, almost knocking Bayern out of the competition before getting destroyed in the 2nd leg. He was fantastic and therefore it was shocking to me how quickly he vanished from the european stage
@@hugoumero9723 I mean you never know. As I imagine him his player profile was sort of Diego Costa or Luis Suarez but with much more speed. And you'd expect someone like him to be actually brilliant for Atletico then since they were basically limited to counter attacks back then. If you think about it it's even weirder that Griezmann flourished in that system since he was never any type of physical player. He is more of a Joao Felix, technically gifted and rather quick, hence why I expected Felix to be brillliant for Atletico. They are a mystery box. You never know how things will turn out, the only thing you can be sure about is that they're going to be horrific to play against
Still couldn't catch a break though. Years ago he found out his 3 kids aren't his and had to battle his ex wife over all the property he had. It almost rendered him broke.
He made my shortlist, but he's still a full international and a regular for Inter Milan, who has won a Serie A title since leaving Manchester United, so I don't think his career has been 'ruined' in quite the same sense as the seven that featured. A bit more like Coutinho, just badly damaged.
@@HITCSevens The fact that Alexis Sánchez is still such a key figure at Chile says more about the next generation of Chilean players than about Sánchez himself though
You can argue Denílson's move to Betis was bad and weird and all sorts of things, but it didn't ruined his career. He was a staple at the Brazilian NT, earning 61 caps. In 2001, he was the best player in Brazil's squad at Copa America. In 2002, he played five out of the seven games in the WC, in which he was considered by media as the 12th player of the team. He may not have fulfilled all his potential in his career, but it wasn't ruined either.
Let’s all gather here and give a huge hug to Lamptey. I am from Ghana and this man’s story is one of the worse things I have ever heard. I watched him on a local channel back when I was in Ghana and during the interview he burst into tears. Man has suffered a lot. I am glad he is doing well these days. I will have to look for him when I go back to Ghana this year. Man has seen it all.
As a Portimonense fan I gotta say I'll always appreciate Jackson Martinez, he hadn't had a chance to play in two years when he came to us and had about half a knee to work with, yet during games he'd have just the most insane work rate and he was always an amazing professional. Having a player of his caliber retire at Portimonense was genuenly an honor and he'll forever be one of my favorite players ever
14:29 Atletico actually still played in the Vicente Calderon back then. If you take a look at Atleticos achievements over the last years you'd actually see that the team has seen a decline ever since leaving their old stadium which has seen them in brilliant shape in order to not only win several LaLiga titles but also dominate (as far as you could say that with Atletico) the likes of a title holding Barcelona in the CL with MSN in their front line or Bayern Munich in their final years with Pep on the sideline
The Calderón was an amazing stadium. I went there in 1997 and it was one of the most intense atmospheres I've ever seen when they played against Aston Villa in the old UEFA cup
A somewhat tragic thing about Denilson's carreer is that his agent was aparently a really shaddy dude. Denilson was actually going to Real Madrid, or was told so, he jokes sometimes: "I went to sleep on Real Madrid and woke up on Real Betis" because he was told about it on the day after. Later he also found out that his agent sole from him for years.
Nii Lamptey's story is sad. He eventually got married, had 3 children only to realize years later, through a DNA paternity test, that the kids weren't his.
At this point anyone that has signed for Man Utd post Ferguson could be included on here which is a sad thing to say but the club has been a poisoned challice for both players and managers during thar time.
@@declangaming24 I dont usually correct grammar and spelling but holy shit. Try Grammarly, its free and it will help. Little things are chill but i have trouble reading that.
It was 3rd and 7th being tied for the best goal differential in the league. While Real Sociedad in 3rd would have been a reasonable team especially given the extreme number of draws, Atletico Madrid in 7th would have been the bigger shock.
Too elaborate on Coutinho cause I still have arguments with people who said his career died when he left for FC Barcelona, let me put it like this.... Since his move from Liverpool he has won the UCL, Bundesliga, La Liga 2x, Copa Del Rey 2x, DFB Pokal and the Spanish Super Cup as well as performing well enough at FC Bayern to make it to the Copa America in 2019 where he won it. Liverpool also excelled massively by signing VVD and Alisson with the Coutinho money. Which lead them to win the trophies Kloop dreamed of. So all in all it worked out well for both parties.
@@matthewsmith8727 you're right.... He's probably crying into is his Copa America and UCL medals and wiping away the tears with his £125,000/w cheques.
Fair enjoying this one! Thanks Alfie. Jack Rodwell to Man City Francis Jeffers to Arsenal spring to mind for me! (As you can probably tell I am an Everton fan! 😂)
Jack Rodwell was nothing Special to begin with so I’d never count him but Jeffers was a Sad case … Speaking of Everton, a player that moved to them and suffered was James Beattie whom was awesome at Southampton prior to that Transfer …
The amount of disrespect Real Madrid and Kaka get is down right unjustified. Although Kaka had injury issues at Madrid, we he did play he was outstanding. People will blindly state he was a flop or Madrid 'destroyed' his career but show a blind eye to his performance, just focusing on his stats...
Throwing Shoya Nakajima out there. Had a great loan period with Portimonense from FC Tokyo then signed for the Portuguese club on a permanent deal. Got into the Japan National Team, continued his fine form for a low Portuguese team then was sold to the Middle East team Al-Duhail SC for £32m while he was linked to Wolves. He didnt play too much, got sold to Porto for £10m, then loaned to another Middle Eastern club Al-Ain FC. Loaned to Portimonesnse where he got some game time but didnt relive the same form he found before. Still contracted to Porto, not featured in pre season, not on the club website, no info on him at all and he's still 27. He was one of the brightest prospects for Japan, the move to the middle east inflated his wages and transfer value which has ruined his career. There's still time to come back, but needs a permanent home.
Day 16: A detailed look at the state of Crotone would be nice, going from Serie A in 20/21 with a 20 goal a season striker (Simy) to Serie C by 22/23. Two relegations in a row, something surely has to be wrong at that club.
This video is a blast from the past (in a good way - nostalgia!) Denilson to Betis was a very weird transfer. The fact he stayed there so long is testament to no one else thinking he was worth the wages and transfer fee (Denilson was maybe the 6th best player in that Brazil team). Seville is a great football city, Denilson was a very good role player, and Betis are a big club by any standard, it remains one of the most random of transfers ever.
Jackson Martinez was never the same after he got injured playing for Colombia not too long before signing with Atletico. Injury was never treated properly and his career pretty much went downhill from there.
I remember when the Primera Division 1998/99 season started the TV commenters would count Denilson's minutes without goals, always with the mandatory "the most expensive player in the world" attached... He was a solid player, but there was already too much hype to live up to the expectations. Kezman was simply the first in the long line of players in the Abramovich era for whom the Chelsea squad was too stacked. He was the third or even fourth choice behind Drogba, Gudjonson and Mutu (plus Robben, Duff and Cole as wingers), and Mourinho's system only allowed for one genuine striker.
I love your channel so much that it's an honour to have found what I believe is an error. I THINK Denilson had already signed for Betis by the start of France 98. You state that he signed having played every game at the World Cup.
Nocholas Anelka was outstanding for Arsenal but was then transferred to Real Madrid and was simply never the same player again likewise Michael Owen when he left Liverpool for Real Madrid and ended up injury prone forever after.
While Anelka never reached their potential, I think he had been a pretty good player at Manchester City and Chelsea. He even won a golden boot once almost a decade after he left Madrid.
To be fair on Owen, he was struggling with injuries near the end of his Liverpool career as well. Once you tweak/damage a hamstring, it doesn't seem to heal back to what it once was. Far better to break a bone than a muscle/ligament/tendon injury.
Tony Cascarino to Aston Villa. T shirts read "I saw Cascarino score." at the time. Also Justin Fashanu to Forest. Do keep up the good work in the community.
Funny to watch it several days after Arda Turan retired... up until now I had no idea he still played in Turkey, though. Jackson Martinez didn't spend a day at Wanda Metropolitano as there was no Wanda Metropolitano yet, you know. : ) I must admit I don't remember Neil Franklin, although I do remember Charlie Mitten from Manchester United going the same way.
My memory of Kezman at PSV was in a UEFA Cup tie against NUFC, after the first 20 minutes, he was in Titrus Bramble's pocket for the rest of the tie. PSV had dropped into the UEFA Cup from the Champions League, Where Kezman had failed to score.
We've had a few! (West Ham). A season in the 90's without one (nearly ended up with Jiffy Condoms), then when we had XL Airways, they went bust and had an awful square patched over the top instead
Quaresma to Barcelona was doom for him!! He was better than Ronaldo coming up, but Ronaldo was given the Nr.7 shirt while he had to be under Ronaldinho shadow .. To me he will always be one the greats regardless but i know he could've have a way better career..
I believe kaka wasn't a bad transfer,just his falling out with Mourinho and injuries didn't let him go to his fullest, he had a pretty good g/a per 90(better than at Milan)
I have 2 video suggestions: 1. 7 of the best purple patches from non world class players. 2. The strangest and most obscure record broken in each of the last 22 seasons (since 2000/2001)
..and Nii Odartey Lamptey's tragic story didn't there. About 5 years ago he found out his remaining children aren't actually his. His wife (now his ex) had a heated fight in the courts with him for all his property which she almost won.
I think Affelay's transfer to Olympiacos ruined his carreer in a more literal sense. They wouldnt let him get an operation that eventually resulted in him not being able to play anymore and retiring at a young age if im not mistaken.
When will you release your documentaries on Turkey's Big Three (Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Beşiktaş)? I remember you teased them back in your Süper Lig video.
Lamptey has really gone through tragedy. He even raised kids which weren't biologically his without knowing. Dna tests confirmed that all the three children he raised with his ex wife weren't his after almost 20yrs. He is now happily married and raising children who are biologically his
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 364) 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.
i remember watching denilson at a world cup n was blown away from watching his skills n for awhile was my fav player .i thought he would be a top signing for barca or real but later heard he was sold to betis for a huge fee . never heard anything about him again .what a waste of such a talented player he couldve easily be known now as fondly as romario or rivaldo or bebeto
Day 41 - The Fall and Rise of FK Velež Mostar From a Club that has beaten Borussia Dortmund, Twente, Derby County and many others to a club that was forced from their own stadium, reduced to nothing during the Bosnian War, becoming a mediocre top-level team in the 00s to nearly being forced into folding in 2016 to its amazing comeback to European competitions in 2021 seeing the early exit of Greek giants AEK Athens in a sensational win in Athens!
a documentary on the afc Wimbledon on the nine promotions in eleven years, how they’re a fan own club and how they have a stadium in plough lane now. The story of they lost the club, how the F A allowed that and won’t allow that anymore. How they were very close to moving to ireland How they went up the English football leagues. It would be a good documentary video if you can do this. #thepeopleschannel
13:52 I'd like to say that, in 1998, Denilson was really close to become an FC Barcelona player, at the time when they've had Rivaldo. Just imagine what could've been...
Billy Wright was only two years younger than him and went on to win 105 caps. Franklin was a far superior player to Wright, so whilst difficult, it's not impossible. He also won 27 peacetime caps, I don't know why Wikipedia says he won 26.
Courtinho should be on a list of players whos sale improved there clubs. With the money Liverpool made Klopp signed Alisson and Van Dyke the 2 missing pieces to the puzzle that took Pool to the next level.
At least Martínez has now found some peace of mind, as he's notably turned to music (faith-centered music, to be specific) as a new passion. Good to see it, as he didn't deserve at all what happened to his career...
Shevchenko is the first player that comes in my mind, even though he joined Chelsea at the age of 30 (was getting old), I always believe that he could have achieved more if he did not move to London. Alexis Sanchez to United and Hazard to Madrid are also worth mentioning.
The story of Nii Lamptey shouldn't be compared to a Greek Tragedy, but instead to the story of Hercules. He never had a good father in his life, they were both awful to him. he was held hostage by his country and forced to play so much at such a young age, he was manipulated by his agent, tragically lost 2 children, was betrayed and left by his wife, and yet he holds his head high. he owns a school in Accra, teaching children to read and write when he never could at that age, he teaches football at an academy, he got married again and had two more children. the man is of steel, a survivor of what life has thrown at him and a man who lives to learn from his own tragedies, not someone who could ever be consigned to history just by what happened to him but how he stood tall against it.
big inspiration
Is the Story of Heracles not a Greek tragedy? First performed in C.416BC?
So it shouldn't be compared to a greek tragedy... but instead to a greek tragedy?
@@Omnipotentmonkey whilst heracles is the namesake of a greek tragedy written by euripides, said tragedy concerns the story in which he is driven mad and slays those around him, causing him to take on the 12 labours in penance. he therefore is the protaganist of a tragedy, but when placed in the context of his whole mythology, including the completion of the 12 labours themselves, it's more comparable to an epic in my eyes
Still Greek…
Jackson Martinez played for my local club (Independiente Medellín) at the start of his career. It was sad to see his downfall since joining Atlético after being so prolific for Porto.
Agreed. I still remember his prolific performances at Porto in the Champions league, almost knocking Bayern out of the competition before getting destroyed in the 2nd leg. He was fantastic and therefore it was shocking to me how quickly he vanished from the european stage
@@Reorganiser He should have probaly Join Arsenal or Milan instead of Atletico
@@hugoumero9723 I mean you never know. As I imagine him his player profile was sort of Diego Costa or Luis Suarez but with much more speed. And you'd expect someone like him to be actually brilliant for Atletico then since they were basically limited to counter attacks back then. If you think about it it's even weirder that Griezmann flourished in that system since he was never any type of physical player. He is more of a Joao Felix, technically gifted and rather quick, hence why I expected Felix to be brillliant for Atletico. They are a mystery box. You never know how things will turn out, the only thing you can be sure about is that they're going to be horrific to play against
Dude was lazy, and that doesn't gel well at Atletico
He was linked with Dortmund the same window he signed for Atletico... would have loved to see him there...
That story of Lamptey was so sad, he seemed to be exploited by everyone he came across in his life, the guy just couldn't catch a break!
Still couldn't catch a break though. Years ago he found out his 3 kids aren't his and had to battle his ex wife over all the property he had. It almost rendered him broke.
@@Crowned-Qwesi that is actually brutal. i want to give him a massive hug
Right he ex wife screwed him over for years. I really feel bad for him as my fellow countryman.
So he was dumbass?
A whole documentary on Lamptey would be great
Actually, there is.
Alfie's name segues **UPDATED**
Without Freddy Adu (without further ado)
Eddie Howe (anyhow)
Wright ('right)
Hoever (However)
Watmore (What's more)
Ndidi (indeed)
I’d say Watmore is probably What more but what do I know
And I laugh every time he does this….. every time!!!
Watmore is for "what's more".
What's more, not once more...
@@Sinisterss ah I see will fix
I think alexis Sanchez deserves a mention as it wasn’t a injury that messed his career up it was the united transfer
He made my shortlist, but he's still a full international and a regular for Inter Milan, who has won a Serie A title since leaving Manchester United, so I don't think his career has been 'ruined' in quite the same sense as the seven that featured. A bit more like Coutinho, just badly damaged.
@@HITCSevens He's just agreed to terminate his contract with Inter, so I don't think he'll be starting for them again anytime soon
@@HITCSevens The fact that Alexis Sánchez is still such a key figure at Chile says more about the next generation of Chilean players than about Sánchez himself though
@@Larryandbob he did won a trophy there at least.
@@HITCSevens lol what about Denilson? Wtf
You can argue Denílson's move to Betis was bad and weird and all sorts of things, but it didn't ruined his career. He was a staple at the Brazilian NT, earning 61 caps. In 2001, he was the best player in Brazil's squad at Copa America. In 2002, he played five out of the seven games in the WC, in which he was considered by media as the 12th player of the team. He may not have fulfilled all his potential in his career, but it wasn't ruined either.
Let’s all gather here and give a huge hug to Lamptey. I am from Ghana and this man’s story is one of the worse things I have ever heard. I watched him on a local channel back when I was in Ghana and during the interview he burst into tears. Man has suffered a lot. I am glad he is doing well these days. I will have to look for him when I go back to Ghana this year. Man has seen it all.
Now you got Tariq Lamptey
As a Portimonense fan I gotta say I'll always appreciate Jackson Martinez, he hadn't had a chance to play in two years when he came to us and had about half a knee to work with, yet during games he'd have just the most insane work rate and he was always an amazing professional. Having a player of his caliber retire at Portimonense was genuenly an honor and he'll forever be one of my favorite players ever
Some fancy clown
He used to play for Porto
@@declangaming24and Portimonense:)
14:29 Atletico actually still played in the Vicente Calderon back then. If you take a look at Atleticos achievements over the last years you'd actually see that the team has seen a decline ever since leaving their old stadium which has seen them in brilliant shape in order to not only win several LaLiga titles but also dominate (as far as you could say that with Atletico) the likes of a title holding Barcelona in the CL with MSN in their front line or Bayern Munich in their final years with Pep on the sideline
Well they won two years ago in the Wanda, don’t think you can necessarily blame it on the stadium lmao
The Calderón was an amazing stadium. I went there in 1997 and it was one of the most intense atmospheres I've ever seen when they played against Aston Villa in the old UEFA cup
Of all the clubs that have recently changed grounds, I think Atléti have actually fared better than most
A somewhat tragic thing about Denilson's carreer is that his agent was aparently a really shaddy dude. Denilson was actually going to Real Madrid, or was told so, he jokes sometimes: "I went to sleep on Real Madrid and woke up on Real Betis" because he was told about it on the day after. Later he also found out that his agent sole from him for years.
2:04 "Without Freddy Adu then."
HE DID IT AGAIN. HE ONLY WENT AND DID IT AGAIN!! 😆😆
Wright then
Nii Lamptey's story is sad. He eventually got married, had 3 children only to realize years later, through a DNA paternity test, that the kids weren't his.
He still holds the record as the first male professional football player to give birth
Oh come on. The man can't catch a break.
Jesus that’s crazy, god given talent with the devils luck
I think he'd be richer than being a footballer if he gave birth to 3 kids!
Imagine giving birth to your own child and it still not be yours
Alfie can we have 7 players that Pele called the Next Pele and how they turned out.
Alfie could do seven videos’ worth of players dubbed “The Next Pele”.
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@@woodside4life 7 Players that Pele himself said were the next Pele
Freddy Adu is one …. Nuff said!!…. 💀👀
He already has one - "Seven footballers who were labelled the next Pele". it's excellent.
Rebrov to Spurs was rough to watch. World class striker at Kiev but never given a fair crack at White Hart Lane.
The difference in leagues is too big to make this surprising
At this point anyone that has signed for Man Utd post Ferguson could be included on here which is a sad thing to say but the club has been a poisoned challice for both players and managers during thar time.
Sadly basty, schiderlin and valdes as moves that destroyed there carrer.
@@declangaming24 I dont usually correct grammar and spelling but holy shit. Try Grammarly, its free and it will help. Little things are chill but i have trouble reading that.
@@A_Baguette_ I have caps and full stops
@@declangaming24 and the rest
True
12:19 the goal difference in that La Liga table is crazy the team in 8th has the best goal difference in the league
It was 3rd and 7th being tied for the best goal differential in the league. While Real Sociedad in 3rd would have been a reasonable team especially given the extreme number of draws, Atletico Madrid in 7th would have been the bigger shock.
Too elaborate on Coutinho cause I still have arguments with people who said his career died when he left for FC Barcelona, let me put it like this.... Since his move from Liverpool he has won the UCL, Bundesliga, La Liga 2x, Copa Del Rey 2x, DFB Pokal and the Spanish Super Cup as well as performing well enough at FC Bayern to make it to the Copa America in 2019 where he won it. Liverpool also excelled massively by signing VVD and Alisson with the Coutinho money. Which lead them to win the trophies Kloop dreamed of. So all in all it worked out well for both parties.
He won a lot but Messi carried the team.
@@007Fusiion thank you for the completely irrelevant point. He sure carried Barça against Bayern 👍
he’s now playing for a mid table club and isn’t exactly setting the world on fire at villa..
@@matthewsmith8727 you're right.... He's probably crying into is his Copa America and UCL medals and wiping away the tears with his £125,000/w cheques.
@@yeetpotatoes69420 he should be playing at a higher level than Aston Villa so stop ignoring the obvious you pigeon
Arda Turan looks like a Spartan warrior from 300.
Fair enjoying this one! Thanks Alfie. Jack Rodwell to Man City Francis Jeffers to Arsenal spring to mind for me! (As you can probably tell I am an Everton fan! 😂)
Jack Rodwell was nothing Special to begin with so I’d never count him but Jeffers was a Sad case …
Speaking of Everton, a player that moved to them and suffered was James Beattie whom was awesome at Southampton prior to that Transfer …
The amount of disrespect Real Madrid and Kaka get is down right unjustified. Although Kaka had injury issues at Madrid, we he did play he was outstanding. People will blindly state he was a flop or Madrid 'destroyed' his career but show a blind eye to his performance, just focusing on his stats...
Missing a penalty in the 2012 UCL semi-final probably didn’t help matters
Throwing Shoya Nakajima out there. Had a great loan period with Portimonense from FC Tokyo then signed for the Portuguese club on a permanent deal. Got into the Japan National Team, continued his fine form for a low Portuguese team then was sold to the Middle East team Al-Duhail SC for £32m while he was linked to Wolves. He didnt play too much, got sold to Porto for £10m, then loaned to another Middle Eastern club Al-Ain FC. Loaned to Portimonesnse where he got some game time but didnt relive the same form he found before.
Still contracted to Porto, not featured in pre season, not on the club website, no info on him at all and he's still 27. He was one of the brightest prospects for Japan, the move to the middle east inflated his wages and transfer value which has ruined his career. There's still time to come back, but needs a permanent home.
You know the Middle East isn’t a country right
He’s gone back to Japan!
lesgoo ive been waiting for a vid like this. Thanks alfie
Day 16:
A detailed look at the state of Crotone would be nice, going from Serie A in 20/21 with a 20 goal a season striker (Simy) to Serie C by 22/23. Two relegations in a row, something surely has to be wrong at that club.
Its called doing a sunderland
Serie C 😂😂😂🍔
This video is a blast from the past (in a good way - nostalgia!) Denilson to Betis was a very weird transfer. The fact he stayed there so long is testament to no one else thinking he was worth the wages and transfer fee (Denilson was maybe the 6th best player in that Brazil team). Seville is a great football city, Denilson was a very good role player, and Betis are a big club by any standard, it remains one of the most random of transfers ever.
Jackson Martinez was never the same after he got injured playing for Colombia not too long before signing with Atletico. Injury was never treated properly and his career pretty much went downhill from there.
Falcao and Jackson both man..
Really enjoyed that one. Great video
Most shocking part of this was 10th place Espanyol having fewer losses than champions Barcelona in 97-98
I remember when the Primera Division 1998/99 season started the TV commenters would count Denilson's minutes without goals, always with the mandatory "the most expensive player in the world" attached... He was a solid player, but there was already too much hype to live up to the expectations. Kezman was simply the first in the long line of players in the Abramovich era for whom the Chelsea squad was too stacked. He was the third or even fourth choice behind Drogba, Gudjonson and Mutu (plus Robben, Duff and Cole as wingers), and Mourinho's system only allowed for one genuine striker.
Day 1: 7 oldest players who came out of retirement
This is a horrible suggestion please don’t go past day 1
@@elliotstone2764 agreed
You could’ve at least said: 7 best player season after coming out of retirement
14:20 - No wonder he was such a good goalscorer - he's got three legs!
I love your channel so much that it's an honour to have found what I believe is an error. I THINK Denilson had already signed for Betis by the start of France 98. You state that he signed having played every game at the World Cup.
Such a shame about Neil Franklin I actually think he might've been England's greatest ever defender.
The Nii Lamptey story has a happy ending. He's doing really well actually
Nocholas Anelka was outstanding for Arsenal but was then transferred to Real Madrid and was simply never the same player again likewise Michael Owen when he left Liverpool for Real Madrid and ended up injury prone forever after.
While Anelka never reached their potential, I think he had been a pretty good player at Manchester City and Chelsea. He even won a golden boot once almost a decade after he left Madrid.
To be fair on Owen, he was struggling with injuries near the end of his Liverpool career as well. Once you tweak/damage a hamstring, it doesn't seem to heal back to what it once was. Far better to break a bone than a muscle/ligament/tendon injury.
I loved anelka at Bolton, between 2007-2010 anelka was a beast alongside drogba.
With PSV having signed Ki-Jana Hoever now, I expect to see them represented in the however running gag in the near future 😉
23:52 they had huge shin guards back then they must’ve been brutal to each other
Nii lamptey also found out that his 3 surviving kids weren't his. That is a tragic tragic life
I love your channel so much bro
Brolins name still giving me shivers all these years later
Danny drinkwater needs an honorable mention
Tony Cascarino to Aston Villa. T shirts read "I saw Cascarino score." at the time. Also Justin Fashanu to Forest. Do keep up the good work in the community.
Funny to watch it several days after Arda Turan retired... up until now I had no idea he still played in Turkey, though.
Jackson Martinez didn't spend a day at Wanda Metropolitano as there was no Wanda Metropolitano yet, you know. : )
I must admit I don't remember Neil Franklin, although I do remember Charlie Mitten from Manchester United going the same way.
My memory of Kezman at PSV was in a UEFA Cup tie against NUFC, after the first 20 minutes, he was in Titrus Bramble's pocket for the rest of the tie. PSV had dropped into the UEFA Cup from the Champions League, Where Kezman had failed to score.
Top 7 Club Jerseys without sponsors on the kits (inspired by Forrest’s new home kit)
We've had a few! (West Ham). A season in the 90's without one (nearly ended up with Jiffy Condoms), then when we had XL Airways, they went bust and had an awful square patched over the top instead
Kezman hit the bar or post 6 times in his first 10 games. It’s a crying shame to think what could have happened if those went in.
4:57 must have been a hell of a night out
The rise of Dorking would be very interesting
Quaresma to Barcelona was doom for him!! He was better than Ronaldo coming up, but Ronaldo was given the Nr.7 shirt while he had to be under Ronaldinho shadow .. To me he will always be one the greats regardless but i know he could've have a way better career..
Yes yes yes.. I completely agree. He was better than Ronaldo coming through. The perfect winger.. but his mentality was not good.
@@craigdavis5818 facts#📠
I believe kaka wasn't a bad transfer,just his falling out with Mourinho and injuries didn't let him go to his fullest, he had a pretty good g/a per 90(better than at Milan)
The denilson move was mad , I think some dodgy business went on as I can’t get my head around it and make sense
I have 2 video suggestions: 1. 7 of the best purple patches from non world class players.
2. The strangest and most obscure record broken in each of the last 22 seasons (since 2000/2001)
Gotta be that Spanish striker at Swansea whose name I cannot for the life of me remember.
Oh and Marcus Stewart.
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@@tlawal7 Gracias!
..and Nii Odartey Lamptey's tragic story didn't there. About 5 years ago he found out his remaining children aren't actually his. His wife (now his ex) had a heated fight in the courts with him for all his property which she almost won.
Tomas Brolin " I can't settle in England, I want to leave Leeds"
"Where u going"
"Crystal Palace"
"That's still in England"
"You shush"
Bring the part 2!
Hey Alfie could you make a video about ranking all the captains of every national team in the World Cup
Good video Alfie!
19:55 That's Ugo Ehiogu in that image not Lamptey.
I think Affelay's transfer to Olympiacos ruined his carreer in a more literal sense. They wouldnt let him get an operation that eventually resulted in him not being able to play anymore and retiring at a young age if im not mistaken.
21:47 Really enjoy the point you were making here :)
When will you release your documentaries on Turkey's Big Three (Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Beşiktaş)? I remember you teased them back in your Süper Lig video.
Lamptey has really gone through tragedy. He even raised kids which weren't biologically his without knowing. Dna tests confirmed that all the three children he raised with his ex wife weren't his after almost 20yrs.
He is now happily married and raising children who are biologically his
Holy crap I forgot about Martinez and Turan!! They were fantastic!!
What happened to Panathinaikos?
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 364)
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.
This has potential to be a 7s series for different nations
Never give up
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Can you do 7 players that revived their careers?
He has 2 videos about that.
I love your videos, Alfie. Not only are they informative, they are also quite entertaining. 😁
i remember watching denilson at a world cup n was blown away from watching his skills n for awhile was my fav player .i thought he would be a top signing for barca or real but later heard he was sold to betis for a huge fee . never heard anything about him again .what a waste of such a talented player he couldve easily be known now as fondly as romario or rivaldo or bebeto
man Brolin had so much potemtial...i remember his time at Parma...he was a monster at the strongest league in europe...pure hubris and ego
Would Alfie be interested in making a "7 most influential kits in association football history" video?
I've decided that I'm just here for the tiny "however" (etc) cut scenes. They kill me every time.
Kezman loved the coco ❄️
I thought it was Adrian Mutu who was the Chelsea coke fiend?
@@bricktop. your right 🤦🏼♂️👍
Just for future reference, when pronouncing Guangzhou or really any Chinese name ending in Zhou, it's pronounced as "joe" :)
It seems that Arda Turan was on super smoke that night in Turkey when he got nicked 😂
Keep up the good work Alfie!
Kezman was a very good striker... that move to Chelsea was horrific. Chelsea destroy those type of strikers.
day 3:
make a video on zico’s peculiar transfer to udinese, no club was ruined, but it was still very interesting
He called Stephen Keshi "Steven Cashier" LMFAO
Day 41 - The Fall and Rise of FK Velež Mostar
From a Club that has beaten Borussia Dortmund, Twente, Derby County and many others to a club that was forced from their own stadium, reduced to nothing during the Bosnian War, becoming a mediocre top-level team in the 00s to nearly being forced into folding in 2016 to its amazing comeback to European competitions in 2021 seeing the early exit of Greek giants AEK Athens in a sensational win in Athens!
Still wish Jackson Martinez would've signed with milan
Not heard of him
Jack Grealish to Man City will be on lists like these in the near future
I am extremely so sad to see all these respective footballers' careers to come in an abrupt end,good friends!!!🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁
a documentary on the afc Wimbledon on the nine promotions in eleven years, how they’re a fan own club and how they have a stadium in plough lane now.
The story of they lost the club, how the F A allowed that and won’t allow that anymore.
How they were very close to moving to ireland
How they went up the English football leagues.
It would be a good documentary video if you can do this. #thepeopleschannel
It was already done in detail (in two videos (by Copa90) and others, so not sure if it would be 'unique' or interesting enough for him to do.
@@seannyt-b a updated HITC SEVENS would be better
It won't be long before Alfie has a footballing pun for every conjunction across all languages.
"Without Freddie Adu"...well done Alfie, very well done
13:52 I'd like to say that, in 1998, Denilson was really close to become an FC Barcelona player, at the time when they've had Rivaldo. Just imagine what could've been...
you are wrong in your description of Brian Little [as a manager] Alfie. Though it is a tragedy that Nil Lamptey did not achieve his massive potential.
Day 302: Indonesia XI If All Eligible Players Had Declared For Them.
Keep dreaming bocah
No good players included in that list
Neil Franklin had 26 caps at the age of 28 when he moved to Colombia.
There was never any chance of him getting 100 caps. Come on now.
Billy Wright was only two years younger than him and went on to win 105 caps. Franklin was a far superior player to Wright, so whilst difficult, it's not impossible. He also won 27 peacetime caps, I don't know why Wikipedia says he won 26.
You forgot to add that Nii Lamptey found out recently through a DNA test that his remaining kids aren't actually his. Man has had it so rough
Anyone else see Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Ki Jana Hoever’s kit and Wilfred Ndidi?
Robinho to Man City
Veron to Man Utd
Caroll to Liverpool
Pepe to Arsenal
Kepa to Chelsea
Why's it always the decent ones who die too young? What a man Stephen Keshi was.
Courtinho should be on a list of players whos sale improved there clubs. With the money Liverpool made Klopp signed Alisson and Van Dyke the 2 missing pieces to the puzzle that took Pool to the next level.
At least Martínez has now found some peace of mind, as he's notably turned to music (faith-centered music, to be specific) as a new passion.
Good to see it, as he didn't deserve at all what happened to his career...
jackson martinez was really good when he played in mexico too.
Adding Ian Wright and Wilfred Ndidi to the mix of Alfie’s transitions lol
The ONE time that "without further Adu" might have been incorrect lol
Good list nonetheless!
Denilson claimed in a podcast that when he was offered Real Betis he thought he was going to Real Madrid lol
Shevchenko is the first player that comes in my mind, even though he joined Chelsea at the age of 30 (was getting old), I always believe that he could have achieved more if he did not move to London.
Alexis Sanchez to United and Hazard to Madrid are also worth mentioning.