How Saudi Arabia BOUGHT The FIFA World Cup 

As difficult as it is, congrats Infantino you've topped Blatter as the worst FIFA president in my lifetime.

We were all mocking FIFA when Sepp Blatter was President for being so corrupt but we never expected Infantino to actually beat him outright in corruption. Like right out in the open kind of stuff.

It's so frustrating because even with the time difference, Australia is the perfect host. It's literally spreading the game to the other end of the world, they have the stadiums, it would be in their winter so ideal climate and above all it's one of the most popular places to visit in the world.

Not sure Alfie will be getting an invite to Saudi Arabia anytime soon! On a serious note, this is really good journalism. Just wish other mainstream media outlets would take a similar stance!

FIFA doesn’t like democracies, because they ruin their plans. Only 2 Canadian cities are hosting games instead of 3, because Edmonton wanted to host knock out round games. The mayor said if they’re going to spend a lot of money they want to host more than the group stages

It makes the “let’s keep politics out of football”, the most egregious and nauseating oxymoron ever. Football was and always should be the peoples game. The origins and rise in popularity of association football were absolutely entrenched in the political struggles of the working class everywhere. A great man once said “football without fans is nothing “. All of football’s governing bodies should have this as the central tenet, tattooed on the inside of their eyelids.

If the world cup were in Australia, I would've wanted to go there. Now I'm actually thinking about stopping to watch football altogether.

I saw a meme a while back that aftrer buying virtually everyone they're gonna buy the earth, it's getting truer everyday

Every time Alfie does a video on Saudi Arabia I worry for his safety. Keep holding these regimes to account mate! 💪

While there's no reason to even state just how disgusting this whole farce is, I just want to express to you Alfie how much I really do enjoy your content and especially in regards to this 2034 world cup. I do not know of one single media outlet who's been capable of covering this topic to the depth and breadth that you've been capable of and I do indeed believe that your work makes a difference. So, kudos, and keep up the phenomenal work! All the best from Denmark!

Is a breakaway organisation to rival FIFA a possibility? If uefa and conmebol decided to do something like that as well as key countries in other confederations (Eg. Mexico, Canada, US in North America, Australia, Japan and South Korea in Asia, as well as others like New Zealand and Morocco), it would be the end of FIFA in any meanful way.

Important topic Alfie, keep it up!

I'd never heard of the Northern Mariana Islands but now I feel like it's the last thing I'll think of before going to bed tonight.

I wanna see Saudi try to humiliate themselves on the 2029 Asian Winter Games.

The Northern Mariana Islands have been playing a lot at youth team level, just saying, in the AFC. I should add, they lost 23-0 to Australia U-17 last year.

Going to Germany to watch Kaiserslautern tomorrow, so I’m watching your video on them from 3 years ago for a bit of pre-trip research. The voice and delivery has changed somewhat since then..

Australia was going to bid but our representative withdrew basically saying we didnt have a hope. How does qatar and saudi get them so close together. Of course its bought.

Hey Alfie. Congratulations on another outstanding video. I just wanted to let you know that the German word 'Die', as in 'Die Welt', is pronounced "Dee". As a rule, German words containing 'ie' are pronounced "ee" and words containing 'ei' are pronounced like "eye". 🙂

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

I understand when people who are pro-saudi, and say “we are investing in our sport just like you guys in western’s countries did” But this is different, when slave labor is involved, aswell as corruption and totally not being fit to hold a world cup due to heat and no big stadiums😢😐 Sack infantino the fifa president

You need to be recognized world wide for the content you make. Exceptional!!

Absolutely love these videos, calling out FIFA and the KSA and your criticism of the likes of Jordan Henderson... Keep up the good work Young Alfred

The video we were waiting for.

Outstanding job Alfie👌

Something needs to be done about this, national teams need to take a stand and say they won't be attending

Sorry guys, Wales should have made a bid. We’ve let the world down.

Love the long form documentaries at the moment, if you are looking for more ideas for 7s have you considered doing ‘7 players who played in the wrong era’? I think it would be interesting to hear your opinions on players from back in the day who you think would really suite modern styles or current players who would have been much better in older systems (players who would be great 10s or great in a two man attack that most top clubs just don’t use anymore etc.).

Wow back to back docos about Saudi Arabia from Alfie

Spot on Alfie, good on you mate, great vid👍☮️☯️

People who support IDF is talking about corruption and dictatorship 😂

watching hitc sevens at 1 am in hawaii. bless this bloke alfie

Mr. Alfie, to add fuel to the shitstorm, there's rumours about that the Portuguese League Cup will start to be hosted in Saudi Arabia as well!!

Eddie Howe risks disappearing from Alfie's videos from now on. Everyone has a price I guess.

Why is UEFA stil in FIFA ? How much corruption and greed can we tolerate ?

🇧🇬 🇧🇬 🇧🇬 Day 9 - Alfie, please do a video on the pitiful situation the Bulgarian national football team is currently in. Here are a couple of points to give you an idea about what I'm talking about: - Currently, the team is in a streak of 8 winless games, at the bottom of its qualification group for the 2024 Euro, with no chances of qualifying, after losing to opponents such as Montenegro and Lithuania. - The team's last win was almost a year ago - on 16.11.2022 in a friendly against Cyprus. Our last win in an official match was more than a year ago - on 26.09.2022 against North Macedonia. - The national football team of Bulgaria has been constantly performing bad for at least the last 20 years. The last big tournament we played was the 2004 Euro in Portugal, where we were humiliated in the group stage. - Many supporters blame the current bosses of the Bulgarian Football Union for this downfall. The most notable of them are Borislav Mihaylov, Emil Kostadinov and Yordan Lechkov - 3 players who were part of the great 1994 WC team which reached the semi-finals of the tournament. Sadly, those people's success as players has been overshadowed by their lack of capability or willingness to resolve many of the problems in our football - the out-of-date training systems, the poor football infrastructure etc. What's worse is that they refuse to resign a failure after another and they have changed the rules of the union in a way that makes them irremovable for more than 18 years. - Recently a couple of players from the next generation - Dimitar Berbatov, Stiliyan Petrov and Martin Petrov started a campaign, trying to overthrow the aforementioned but as I said the rules are in the bosses' favour. - Meanwhile fans are getting really angry with the situation and are starting to take measures. During the last couple of weeks, at many matches of the First and Second Football Leagues the fans were chanting against Mihaylov and company and displayed banners against them. Of course, the BFU fined the clubs for "obscene chants and banners". - There is a campaign on social media calling fans of all local clubs to put their differences aside and come to the Euro qualifier with Hungary on 16.11 and show their disapproval of the current BFU leaders. That's the main points, I'm sure that if you dig a little you'll find much more. Please consider doing such a video, the anti-BFU sentiments are getting stronger and we need to disturb those self-serving ex-legends in every way possible. Thank you and keep up the good work!

It's actually impressive how openly corrupt they are.

UK people will not see another World Cup plying on their soil for another decade at least that’s satisfying

So we now have 10 years of ditching FIFA not giving into this nonsense and perhabs even boycotting or starting a new competition altogether. If Europe, North America, South america and the democracys of Asia combine then the saudis can play their opening match against Tuvalu which would be also the final.

I think the 2030 World Cup will get changed now that Saudi has the World Cup for 2034 they just gave South America the games so saudi could run unopposed to host Argentina Uruguay and Paraguay won’t get a game now

Alfie legit making banger after banger❤

It very much has to be time for the big football assosiations to leave FIFA. I do'nt know why noone considers that as a viable option.

Fifa are so corrupt they are like a parody of what a corrupt institution acts like

I saw the news and I immediately thought about you, Alfie (am I even allowed to call you so😅?) . That's why I love this channel so much, always accurate 😁👍🏾

great video, you use of images is captivating and keeps me glued, to the topic it sickens me how corrupt football is and how nothing can be done.

Alfie be careful with the reporting I don't want you to end up going missing because of your objective views on the Saudi's 😉

Within the next 30 years, Saudi Arabia will host the Wimbledon tennis and the US Masters golf, plus, during the hottest part of their summer, the (ice) hockey World Cup and the Winter Olympics

You are the best man! These videos are incredible! The major media organisations should be falling over themselves to offer you a job, fifa are disgusting and you do a brilliant job shining a light into their dark hiding places, thanks for everything

2:06 you can add 2038 due to rotation as well There will likely be a Middle East, North America, Combined Bid rotation until the end of tome

It's definitely not the worst oart of this, but by FIFA's rules, only CONCACAF and OFC will be eligible for 2038, which means either it goes straight back to the US, or they break another rule to allow other associations to bid.

I honestly can't believe Australia aren't hosting this world cup, it's fooking embarrassing for fifa even with their extremely low standards.

Primero Alfie, you're the best!

The video was very thorough and well researched. I liked it. Just had a hard time understanding as i couldn't properly catch the accent.

You know why I won't complain. We allowed it to happen. This started with the "new champions league" and lets be real UEFA was only upset about the super league because they had plans of their own. In a decade we will look back and really wonder how did it get so bad.

Australia would be fabulous hosts. FIFA is killing football.

Great video as always Alfie.

hey you should do an episode on the swedish team Gais from gothenburg they just secured promotion to allsvenskan the highest division in sweden after just being promoted to superettan swedens second highest division. Their rise has been remarkable and i think it would make for a good episode

Brits are just so envy that the Middle East is becoming the central of the world once again 😅

But it'll be a lucrative payday for Gary Neville, and surely that's the most important thing.

Its amazing, half of your videos makes me wanna watch football and the other half makes me never wanna watch again.

Another banger Alfie. 👏

I won't be surprised at all if the stadium that CONMEBOL is planning to build near its HQ in Luque is actually funded by Saudi money, as an exchange for leaving the way open for Saudi Arabia's 2034 bid.

must be really frustrating to be another asian country wanting to host the world cup. it can only be hosted on the continent every 12 years. and if the time is tight for an asian world cup the whole federation is in the pockets of a few oil-rich golf states that want to host as well. looking forward to the uae world cup 2046. or maybe qatar again?

Great vid!!!

i just spat out me coffee well done alfie on nfantinos description

The worlds going to be a different place completely in 2034

It's funny that Alfie has an issue with democracy in FIFA for flaws that exist in every democratic system yet rails against supposed authoritarian despots that have the same style of democratic system as FIFA

Hey Alfie Could You Do A Video On Cork City? They're On The Edge Of Relegation From The LOI Premier Division Just A Season They Were Promoted

Great stuff Alfred

"The world's baldest fraudster"! Even as a follically challenged man I find this a brilliant line.

Alfie slagging off corruption yes please

Very good video well done

I am constantly amazed, and delighted, that someone so young as Alfie, can so confidently and comprehensively express his opinions and beliefs on so many topics. He demonstrates an unbelievable level of knowledge, decency and courage, and is never deflected from telling the truth, even when history shows us that he may be putting himself in a dangerous position by doing so. As a fervent supporter of LGBT+ causes in particular, (and human rights/social justice more widely), I am lost in admiration for his fearlessness and integrity, especially in the context of one so young. Long may it continue, and I really hope Alfie gets some official recognition sometimes down the road.

Thanks for covering this, most are to cowardly. Oil rich totalitarian dictatorships should be no where near football! Its disgusting and ruining the game.

Can't think of a better rivalry than alfie vs arabs

6:53 seeing anything else than picture slideshow in Alfie's video is quite a jumpscare 😂

#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 four league titles now! Are they the next Newcastle? Are they a team to keep a eye on next few years? Thanks Alfie 😊

I understand the Saudis are uber wealthy, but this can't keep going on forever right? They don't actually have an endless pool of money. There was a time Venezuela was seen as the richest country, but poor financial choices will ruin any oil rich country. How many more sporting events can they just throw money at before the populace is fed up with their standard of living? Idk, just something I think about.

Britz crying as usual 😅

Enjoyed is probably the wrong word but certainly appreciated and needed

Is anyone surprised that 🇸🇦 won the 2034 WC bid? Once the six (!?!) 2030 WC host winners...across three continents...were announced, we knew who would host the 2034 WC.

I think that teams that qualify for World Cup in year 'n' should be able to vote for the location of the tournament in year 'n+2'

Next question: why does Europe keep refusing to host the U17 World Cup since 2003?

Also great time zone to watch games.

Newcastle's official airline partner is Saudia. As of the date of publishing of this video from what I can find, neither does Saudia fly to newcastle, nor is there any direct flight from Newcastle to anywhere in Saudi Arabia.

Just as we thought football couldn't get any worse. In an ideal world fans would go out and protest and force their federations to threaten a boycott

Hey Alfie, I was wondering... what if a lot of countries step out of FIFA because of their corrupt bullshit... and start their own football union. 1 • Is that possible? 2 • How (succesfully) ? 3 • CAN YOU MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT IT ?

Great video! I just wonder about WC 2038 now, would be only Concacaf nation(s) eligible for bidding, or Fifa would change the rules again? World cup in UAE this time 😂

This system surely creates a massive opportunity for Europe and S America to form a new FIFA rival which they can control

we've jumped to 2034 without addressing how dangerous the world cup could be on the US? valid points but weve seen enough Saudi content now.

This is why many people in England are looking for to the EUROS over the WC. UEFA makes a far more enjoyable competition. World Cup is great for those intercontinental ties though

I am glad they basically skipped south America for 2030 and 2034. We have tradition and amazing football culture but a WC or Olympics would be a massive money sink. World cups should always be played in Europe. They already have the stadiums, short distances, football tradition and great place for Turism. It's a no brainer.

Just as an FYI, I'm down for a 2 hour video whenever you feel like going that route. Actually, sign me up for several of those.

So disappointed that Australia didn't even get a chance after just successfully co-hosting the Women's World Cup. If only AFC members were eligible to host, it should at least allow competition among its members to try.

I hope for a boycott - what else is there left to do? These spineless mafiosi and butchers obviously don't care about fans opinions.

The FIFA World Cup has officially moved to every 8 years and the Middle East Cup happens inbetween.

Do A Video On UCD They Got Relegated From The LOI Premier Division

Hmmm, you were all good until you bought Eddie Howe into it. As far as I'm aware, his only "weasel words" can be summarised as "None of my business, I'm just here to manage the football side of Newcastle United, leave me out of it". I get having a problem with the Saudis. I get the over focus on NUFC (who have zero votes on the relevant bodies), but having a go at a bloke for doing his job and not questioning his (and your) paymasters? Not cool.

FIFA really is out to get me away from the world cup forever, huh. So basically we had a World Cup in a dictatorship ('18), a World Cup in an even worse dictatorship ('22), a World Cup that completely dillutes the quality of the game by expanding the amount of teams ('26), a World Cup that is just a disaster from an organization standpoint ('30) and now also '22, but even worse for '34. Oh joy, I hate it.

Is that still in the kingdom back packet

If theres something in common between Fifa and Boxing organizations is how corrupt they are. Crazy how Infantino says he is "gay" but defends countries with no LGBT rights.