2024-03-12
2 分钟Ali Dia - it's a name synonymous with footballing failure. How did a below average footballer find his way onto the sport's most elite stage, the Premier League? Josh Widdicombe and Dara Ó Briain preview their new 6-part podcast series, in which they unearth the weird and wonderful truth behind the biggest mystery in football history. The series kicks off on Tuesday 19th March.
This is a global player Original podcast.
This is the story of a remarkable footballer.
Not remarkable in a Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo kind of way.
What a brilliant piece of skill.
In fact, pretty much at the other end of the talent scale, but remarkable all the same.
The story of a man who, depending on your point of view, is either a hustler, a hoaxer, a fraud or a dreamer.
When I looked at him I thought, this guy's not a fault.
Who played in a time when football was less slick than it is today, before cash rich state investors, record breaking TV deals and var.
It was utter chaos, really.
No one knew what was happening.
A man who somehow made it to the top, quite literally.
Probably a once in a lifetime set of circumstances that resulted in him playing in a top flight game, which is quite incredible and bizarre when you stop and actually think about it, if only.
For a very, very short time.
Well, after 53 minutes of huff and puff, Hab replaced Matt Letissier.
Early in the piece, Graham Souness is withdrawing Ali Dia from proceedings.
Ali Dyer.
It's a name synonymous with footballing failure.
That Ali Diaz on the bench.
I went, no.
He said, no, seriously?