Matt Le Tissier claims ‘people are hiding all sorts of information about footballers collapsing’ as he restarts Covid vaccine conspiracy campaign on Joey Barton’s podcast
- Ex-England striker Matt Le Tissier recently appeared on Joey Barton’s podcast
- During the episode, he restarted his conspiracy theories about the Covid vaccine
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Former England and Southampton striker Matt Le Tissier has accused authority figures of hiding information about possible links between the Covid vaccine and footballers collapsing on the pitch during an appearance on Joey Barton’s new podcast.
Le Tissier has repeatedly promoted conspiracy theories about the Covid vaccine over the past three years, previously claiming the jab may have caused more incidents of footballers collapsing due to heart problems.
He gave an impassioned speech at a gala dinner in Leeds in September, where he stated that he was investigating the collapses, and on Barton’s podcast he stated that his efforts had not been helped by others withholding important data.
“We are still digging to find out the real numbers. It’s really difficult, people hide all kinds of information,” he said on the radio Common Sense with Joey Barton podcast.
‘I’ve always said, based on my experiences, I’ve lived on this planet for a long time and watched a lot of sports and I just knew that I had never seen young, fit and healthy athletes collapse to the extent that they did’ I am been breaking down for the past few years, and i knew something was wrong and i felt like i had to say something about it.
Matt Le Tissier believes authority figures are hiding information about the Covid vaccine
He made the claims on Joey Barton’s podcast, which praised Le Tissier for his “stubbornness”
‘I couldn’t just sit there and watch the TV, it wasn’t just football, a lot of the athletes had heart problems and it was just ridiculous. It was just a huge elephant in the room that no one wanted to talk about.
“And I felt like someone had to say something. Apparently I have a bit of a profile, I couldn’t keep my mouth shut.’
Barton – who has sparked controversy in recent months with his views on women working in men’s football – suggested Le Tissier’s refusal to back down while questioning authority could be down to sheer stubbornness.
Le Tissier, 55, agreed as he criticized the government’s handling of Covid.
“I don’t think stubbornness is a particularly bad quality, especially when you’re fighting against corrupt organizations, which I think is what our government is,” Le Tissier added.
This is not the first time Le Tissier has blamed corruption for global problems, as he has also heavily criticized high-profile individuals and the media in recent years.
Le Tissier criticized David Beckham (right) for having his photo taken with Bill Gates (left)
Le Tissier previously suggested that Gates could be linked to the 2021 death of Tanzanian President John Magafuli
Le Tissier slammed David Beckham for having his photo taken with Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates last year during a chat with former footballer David Cotterill on a podcast.
Le Tissier has regularly criticized Gates and questioned his involvement in the Covid vaccine.
In 2021, he appeared to suggest that Gates could be linked to the death of Tanzanian President John Magafuli.
Magafuli died in March 2021 from reported heart complications, just days after the country’s prime minister declared he was “healthy and working hard.”
On Twitter, Le Tissier retweeted a message suggesting that the media have “lied” about certain events, such as the Russian massacre in Bucha in 2022.
Le Tissier then posted a screenshot of an article from The Guardian criticizing Magafuli’s anti-vaxxer stance shortly before his death, pointing out that the piece was supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The England international has also previously suggested that the media has blown Russia’s Bucha massacre in 2022 out of proportion, and has questioned the legitimacy of last year’s September 11 disaster on social media.
His September 11 conspiracy theory was criticized by his former Football Saturday colleague Jeff Stelling, who accused him of speaking ‘absolute nonsense’.
The pair sat down for a recent chat on another podcast, Football is the best with Jeff Stellingwhere Le Tissier insisted he had ‘no regrets’ for his behavior on social media and would ‘do the exact same thing again’, despite claiming it cost him his Football Saturday job in 2020.