In classic IShowSpeed fashion, the YouTube sensation once left former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp visibly furious.

It remains unclear whether the contract was deliberately left behind to unsettle Klopp after the match, but the Liverpool boss was certainly taken aback.

Speed had played in a charity football match with fellow YouTube stars, the Sidemen, at the London Stadium just months before in September 2023.



And in a thrilling announcement live on air by Arsenal legend Thierry Henry, Speed this week was confirmed as a player for the 2025 edition of the Sidemen Charity Match.

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With the game set to unfold at a sold-out Wembley Stadium in London this Saturday, Speed – who has over 36million YouTube subscribers – had previously cast doubt on his return, having hinted at retirement from exhibition football matches following another goalless showing at last month's Match for Hope 2025 in Qatar.

He played against Henry during that match, with the Gunners icon urging him not to give up on his fledgling career just yet.

Speed, apparently by coincidence, found himself in England days before the Sidemen’s upcoming event.

As Speed aired his grievances about his poor performances, Henry cut in with the heart-warming revelation: "Before you feel like that, you've been chosen as the captain of the team.

That's the present that they gave me to give you."

He pulled out a captain's armband and asked: "Are you gonna stop or are you gonna play now that you're the captain?" Speed couldn't hide his mischievous smile as he responded: "Wait, the captain of the YouTube Allstars?
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