--- title: 'I Surprised My Taxi Driver with World Cup Footballer' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=F00g-jRTnUI' video_id: 'F00g-jRTnUI' date: 2026-07-24 duration_sec: 868 channel: 'John Nellis' --- # I Surprised My Taxi Driver with World Cup Footballer > Source: [I Surprised My Taxi Driver with World Cup Footballer](https://youtube.com/watch?v=F00g-jRTnUI) ## Summary The video documents a social experiment where the creator convinces a random taxi driver, Ayman, to be blindfolded and led to a surprise meeting with his favorite footballer, Kobbie Mainoo, within six hours. It explores themes of trust and spontaneity. ### Key Points - **Initial Idea** [00:00] — The creator previously blindfolded a friend to meet Kylian Mbappe and wonders if a stranger would trust him to do the same. - **Challenge Setup** [00:28] — Six hours to find a Manchester United fan taxi driver willing to be blindfolded. - **First Lead** [01:18] — A taxi driver suggests a taxi rank near Old Trafford, leading the creator to head there. - **Finding Ayman** [02:29] — Ayman, a big Manchester United fan who loves Kobbie Mainoo, agrees to consider the offer after his shift at 4pm. - **Ayman Agrees** [03:54] — Ayman calls back and says yes. The creator now has 1 hour 20 minutes until Kobbie's arrival. - **Building Rapport** [05:27] — The creator talks with Ayman about football and his family to build trust before asking him to put on a blindfold. - **The Blindfold Ask** [07:51] — Ayman is asked to wear a blindfold and noise-canceling headphones for up to 30 minutes. He trusts the creator and agrees. - **Waiting and Surprise** [09:56] — While Ayman waits blindfolded, the creator retrieves Kobbie Mainoo. Ayman is then led to meet him and is ecstatic. - **Reaction** [13:36] — Ayman is overjoyed to meet his favorite player, says the team should be built around Mainoo, and expresses gratitude for the trust. ### Conclusion The experiment succeeded through building genuine rapport and trust within hours, proving that strangers can be persuaded to engage in extraordinary acts when approached authentically. ## Transcript This is my taxi driver who's about to be surprised by his favorite footballer. You see a few months ago I blindfolded my friend and took him to meet Kylian Mbappe. So, when I got invited to meet Kobbie Mainoo, it got me thinking. Could I convince a total stranger to trust me to do the same? And how did I achieve something so ridiculous in just six hours? We have six hours to find a Manchester United fan who drives Stick a blindfold on for us. And my plan to achieve this was to start by asking each driver if So, what’s the difference if not? No, we only want matches United fans today. But not only that I had to find out if they loved Kobbie Mainoo Would you not like to meet a footballer or? God bless you! Time is ticking down fast. And this challenge was proving to be my hardest yet. I still hadn't found a massive Manchester United fan. But finally, I got a lead. You’ll find them... Sale on old Trafford. That's a good lead, though that could be the start or something. love the football on a taxi rank. So, we headed an Uber to where the taxi driver suggested. What so dude? Probably should ask this one guy. We're asking taxi drivers today who watch football team they support. Yeah. Did you go to many games? We're here making a video today and we're going around and we're just I am a big Man United fan yes; I've been supporting them since I was young. I actually really like… He is the future of Manchester United’s midfield. 19 years old? Yeah, we do a lot of like football challenges or like spontaneous things. Taxi Driver is kind of what we're looking for. Probably about 4 o'clock. 4pm. I can’t do until 4pm, I got a job at 3pm, a regular job. Are they man united fans? You can tell them at dinnertime tonight I wish I could tell you more, but. I can't tell you anything more. _It must be something; you know what I mean. That's the end of my sales pitch. I just like I have to organize with someone. honestly have a think about it. Lovely to meet you regardless, let's see if you can do anything about the job. Ok, we we'll see you later. Oh, please he's so nice can you can tell he's a proper fan too? See you. But he asked for my number. out, see about another 200, quit on Ubers. And as the clock ticked down, we kept on taking taxis. But no driver was anywhere near as perfect as Ayman. I got a phone call. Hello, hi John. Okay, I'll do it. Unbelievable, unbelievable. here, we'll come over and find you. We've done it, he's the man, he's the man too. He’s is the future of Manchester United’s midfield. It's honestly, though it's like 1 hour 20 minutes until Kobbie. Now you’ve just got to persuade him to get in blindfold. There he is. For fairly you being spontaneous, are you nervous? Oh, don't be worrying. Not yet? And then we're going to have some fun. Ayman's there chilling now waiting on us. He doesn't know it's a Kobbie Mainoo’s shirt for him to get sign. We've got an hour to build a better repport and then drop the question. What is it? Oh right. he was actually talking about his favorite player at the very same time. You know, to see what’s Mainoo’s on field is be like because it's, He made of 100 percent, 100 percent. They should build the team around him 100 percent. What if he just says no to the blindfold? The whole video is dead. Did anything else interesting happen today? The most interesting thing is that I met you. And you got someone to cover for you. How many kids did you say you have? Yes, oh, yes, they love you tube. You are going to be the coolest man in the house. Right so the plan is. Do you have something to watch. All right we'll see in a bit. Don’t worry. We're not going give the game up because it kind of want But we'll go in and tell him we're going do some fun videos. And while Ayman waiting in his taxi with no idea what was going on. I’m John, nice to meet you. So, we recently had a video where we blindfolded someone. Today you're Mbappe. So, all right, we're going to do that a well, something different though. See you with that man we shoot a few videos and we'll see you in a bit. If he doesn't put the blindfold on, what do we do. It's a lot of trust. He's been promised nothing and he just has to walk for 100 meters and be guided. Do you want come around here? Pull out on the line, but I have one more ask of you. How much do you trust me at this stage honestly? Yes. Okay, I'm go to ask you to put on this blindfold And this noise canceling headphones. And then we're going go to sit you down and all you have to do is wait It won't be longer than 30 minutes. We will be within about 200 meters of here. Okay. Here it is this is a proper blindfold night, so put that on. Bob Marley. Bob Marley, okay, we'll put on some Bob Marley, these should be noise canceling, And we're also going to try and be quiet so that you really can't hear anything. Yeah. don't want you to hear anything. I appreciate your trusting because, this is a bit mad. Oh, let's see you. So, what do you think about the Champion’s League last night? I don't have the balls say louder than that. This man picked us up in his taxi earlier didn't have clear what And here he is walking down a random street about to meet one of his favorite footballers. Imagine doing this. You might be here four five minutes. And if you aren't subscribing after me doing this, you're Then, although Ayman had absolutely no idea yet, it was See you man. I got a little present for you. So, this guy is, he's our taxi driver for today. So, he's a proper fan right, So, you kidnap him. But we didn't really tell them that we're going to put them So, we just parked them up the road for a while and we just went back and got him. it on, but he's listening to some. Bob Marley. So, he's relaxing, we're going to bring him over, and then we're going to take All right his name is Ayman. Ayman stand up. You go in front make sure he doesn't fall over. Look at this level of trust. This man didn’t know us three hours ago I'll go in front here. This is mental. Can’t swap your host into a scene. Let me try and get right. There's another seat behind you okay. Sweet. So, his name's A-y-m-a-n. Yeah, don’t do the blindfold again. This will be doing for kidnaping you or something's kind… Please do not let anyone else kidnap you. And although Ayman was totally unaware, his favorite player started Player! But I was competing against Kobbie to find the one signed card in the box. I am genius. me who found the sign card. It's so weird that he's just there. I want to trust you to do this. Alright, everyone quiet. Okay. Any idea at all? A little bit. Would you take your hat off and I'll pull your blindfold off in just a second. So where do you think you are? Can I ask why did you trust these fellas to blindfold you? I take it off. Yeah, Oh my God, oh my God. You know honestly, honestly. Oh, my goodness, oh my goodness he’s, my favorite. A bit of advice is there as well. I am so lucky you made my day. I'm glad I'm glad plenty of trust for us. I said yes. United should build a team around Maino. He's the best. I can’t believe, I can’t dream about that. my friend for ten hours, then surprise him with Kylian Mbappe.