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Arsenal Obsession, Dagenham Takeover & England's World Cup Hopes: KSI Answers Your Questions
May 21, 2026
YouTube superstar, boxer, and musician KSI sits down with FourFourTwo to answer your questions. He discusses his journey from being the 'FIFA guy' on YouTube to becoming a part-owner of Dagenham & Redbridge, his lifelong obsession with Arsenal, and his hopes for England at the World Cup.
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If we win, oh my god, all the bad in England will just go away for four years
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There's four years of vibes. Yeah, four years of, you know what, it's alright
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We're at Dagenhamer Redbridge with one of the owners, KSI, and this is You Ask the Questions
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So we've got a load of questions from our readers, viewers, socialists. They've all sent loads in
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Firstly, you've got your fingers in so many pies. Yes. How do you introduce yourself now
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What would your LinkedIn say? I'd just say entertainer. Yeah, that's it
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Just one word, entertainer. Covers everything. Covers absolutely everything. Are you more of a JJ or KSI when it comes to board meetings and emails
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I'd say JJ when it comes to that type of stuff. Have you always wanted to be involved in professional football
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Yes, I've always wanted to have something to do with professional football because I'm
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always watching it, I'm obsessed with it. We've got the World Cup in a few weeks time, we've got plenty of football going on and
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now obviously being a part owner of Douglas Redbridge, I'm just obsessed
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So where did the obsession start then? obviously on FIFA, but what was it about them
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Like, how'd you- So it started with FIFA in terms of my obsession with football
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And then my grandma who got me a jumper, an Arsenal jumper, got me invested in Arsenal
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And whenever they were in the FA Cup, I was able to watch them, that was about it
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because I couldn't afford Sky. But I saw Thierry Henry. Yeah. tearing up the Premier League and I would just became a massive fan from then
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Yeah. So that was my love of football, obsession with football and then FIFA
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Race Division 1 came into play and that just you know took off and yeah I just
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became obsessed. I became the FIFA guy on YouTube so even friends at
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school would be like oh my god I've seen videos of you playing FIFA and doing
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this crazy voice and all that. And I remember I'd get so embarrassed
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because I forgot that people would be able to see that eventually
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So that's that. And then with Daggerland and Redbridge, I've looked up a few clubs beforehand
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and it just, for whatever reason, didn't work out or didn't make sense for me
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And then Daggerland and Redbridge came through and I fell in love
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Yeah, I just love everything about it. I felt like I really, I'm able to make a stamp here
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and make a difference. So, yeah. What's one thing that surprised you
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about being a part owner of a club? Oh. Well, that's a good question, you know
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When I got announced, I expected to get a lot of hate. I expected a lot of people to be like
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what do you know about football? This is a clown show. Get out
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I don want anything to do with you blah blah I expected that Yeah Didn happen All love all positivity And that kind of threw me I was there like oh wow Like I got quite a tough skin
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Yeah. So even when, you know, we lose, I'm there like, it hurts
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Honestly, it feels like I get stabbed in the heart every time we lose a game
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But, you know, it's, you know, I'm able to, you know, weather the storm and continue
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You know, I'll be the type of guy, even if I come here and everyone's booing
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I'll face the music. I'll be happy to do it and still try my best
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to make a change and do better for the club. For us, it's all about making sure we get bombs and seeds
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If we're able to get the bombs and seeds and get people invested in the club, get people excited about the club
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then we're all laughing. Is working alongside Andy Carroll a bit strange
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considering you grew up and he was in the Euro squad. Yeah, it's crazy. I remember playing with him on FIFA as well
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And now he is part of the club with me just there chilling
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And I'm there like, wait, what is my life? I pinch myself so many times
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Does he ever bring up the goals, like the header at the Euros or that bicycle kick first
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No, no, no. He's quite humble. He's quite a humble guy. He just does his job, whether it's being interim manager
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or scoring goals as a player. He's very focused and wants the best of the club
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Who would your dream front of shirt sponsor be? You can't pick Prime
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Oh, that is an interesting question. Do you have any favorite sponsors from the past
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or favorite kits that you think, yeah, that could work quite well? You know, it's weird, but O2 was quite cool
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This is Thierry Henry. I know exactly where you're going. It's probably just O2, yeah
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When I think of that, I think of O2 and then a little bit of like, these like vapor rub or something on the shirt that Patrick Vieira used to put on his shirt
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Oh, yeah, yeah. Always think of that when I think of that O2 kit. Yeah. Is there anything cool you'd like to add to the stadium
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A games room, a streaming box, or any sort of like niche maybe unexpected thing to find
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A streaming box would be really cool. Yeah, that's a really cool idea
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If we could do that. I feel like I've seen them at Borla League right now
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. It definitely adds to it. Like, DAZN are definitely working with us
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to allow us to show more. Like, you know, recently DAZN allowed us
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to livestream the game on YouTube. And that video hit like 300 plus thousand
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which for a non-league side is crazy. You feel like the stadium crazy amounts of time
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Yeah, yeah. Normally, I think the most you'd get is probably four games in the non-league
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10,000, if that. Yeah. Watching online or just on TV. So to get 300,000, yeah, it's wild
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Would you like Dagnum and Redbridge to be great footballing entertainers or ruthless winners
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Or both. Okay. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Comfort both. Nah, I'd say I want people to come to Dagers FC
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and be like, I'm gonna have a great time. It's gonna be entertaining. Entertaining football And obviously the goal is to win every game But if we can do it you know fantastically I happy
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If you were to play 38 games up front for Arsenal next season, no penalties
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how many goals are you scoring realistically? If I'm being honest, probably one, maybe two
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Who are you forming a partnership with? I'd probably have to rely on my wingers, probably Saka or..
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Martinelli, Trussard. I don't think I'd be able to out muscle a lot of the defenders in the league
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You can be a six yard box poacher, just sniffing around. Or I'm just chilling in the six yard box the whole time, bro
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Just goal hanging, Nzaghi type beat. Made a career out of it
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Yeah, yeah, it's true. Which professional footballer is the biggest secret fan of the sidemen
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I mean, Haaland, but I don't mean it's a secret. We filmed a video together
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Eze. Yeah. Yeah, he's, you know, I talked to him a few times
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He's a big fan. I know Saka, which is sometimes whenever you can
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Yeah, yeah. Which player in the Sidemen charity match takes it too seriously
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I don't think anyone really takes it as seriously. Maybe Ginge. I was about to say, I've seen some of the tackles
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Jim, yeah. Jim's definitely puts his body on the line. So, yeah, maybe him
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Is there a dream person or celebrity you'd love to have involved in the game
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Playing? I mean, I don't know if he can play football with Drake. Why not
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Yeah. I actually have no idea if he can play football. Those two things don't cross my mind
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You never know, man. Who's the most annoying when it comes to football in the Sidemen WhatsApp group
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probably everyone who isn't an Arsenal fan. Yeah. So that, I'd say like Ethan, Harry, Freezy
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Well, Josh supports more wall, so he just keeps quiet. Simon, et cetera, yeah
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Is it like pure rage-bating? Yeah, it's every rage-bating. Yeah, there's quite a lot of rage-bating
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in the group chat. Is there any business you haven't gone into
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yet do you think you'd enjoy? No, nothing. I'm happy with what I've got I think with football
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care about football, love football, live and breathe it, football's all around me from
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Dagonal Railbridge to you know obviously the FIFA days to border league to Arsenal to everything
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but I'm just football, football, football so it makes sense for me and then
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music, you know, love music. Boxing, you know, I did that. So, yeah, I think I'm in a fantastic spot
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What's one mistake that taught you the most throughout your career? Stepping off the treadmill, if that makes sense
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Okay. As in... Not keeping up the momentum. Yeah, I think in this industry
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momentum is really, really, really powerful. And it's hard work, But if you just keep going for a long period
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eventually things start to move exponentially. And then when it does do that
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a lot of times people relax and they stop. And then you come back down and you have to work hard to get back up there again And there one or two times where I went off the treadmill wishing that I stayed on it and just kept going
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So yeah, I'd say, I'd say that. Sorry, there was just a spider that just like
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It was on me. Literally- I might have a question for you. Swung on your shirt
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It's still there. Is it still there? It's all right. Is it gone
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's gone. Oh no, like. I killed it. Oh my God
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He killed it. Big fan, big fan of Daniel Roberts. Well, it was
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What are some personal challenges that you'd like to complete in life? Marathon, climbing Everest, big family
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I'd love to have a family for sure. That's, yeah, I'd say two kids
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Boy God, doesn't really matter. just like wife and then yeah I'm chilling being like yeah yeah I'm in a
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good place go all my whole ecosystem is sorted you know got my football club here
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got the YouTube channel Buzz flying here got you know prime doing this thing
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there in terms of things on like family related I guess this would be cool to do
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a marathon after watching the london marathon um recently low-key made me go you know what i did
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do a half marathon a few weeks ago yeah and i was all right with that so i guess i could do a full
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one i get that buzz after watching it for like a week yeah yeah it's classic i could do that yeah
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yeah it's tough but is it saway who won it um yeah on the two hours two uh one one hour 59
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minutes and 30 seconds incredible that's a joke yeah uh last one hopes for england at the world
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cup this summer i think it's gonna be very tough there's a lot of good teams france don't get me
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started on them man uh it's funs look incredible spain have a good team although i heard your mouth
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might be out yeah yeah something doubtful i don't know uh i imagine brazil will probably look
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but we'll do quite well. Argentina, Portugal, oh man, it's a lot of good teams
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I mean, we have an incredible team. An incredible team. I guess we'll see, man
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I don't want to be like, it's coming home. Yeah, yeah. Nah, I think we felt that during the Euros
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and then there was heartbreak. So at this point in time, I'm just going to be like
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Whatever happens, happens. If we win, if we win, oh my God
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Well, that's four years of just happy British people, man. Rage baiting in the chat
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Yeah, well, well, honestly, I think all the bad in England will just go away
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for four years. There's four years of vibes. Yeah, four years of
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You know what? It's all right. All issues is that, you know what
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We want the one card. It's all good. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's all from us at Dagnar Redbridge
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with one of the owners, KSI. Let us know in the comments section who you want to see next
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