If Ted Lasso Was Set In Lebanon

Ted Lasso, Apple TV+’s most popular show, is wrapping up its third and final season this spring. In celebration, we have taken it upon ourselves to try and set the show in Lebanon. Here’s how it would look:

The Club: AFC Beirut

– Based out of Downtown Beirut, the club takes strides to unsectarian itself
– It was owned by Rafic al Hariri at one point.
– The club’s colors are red, white, and green.

Ted Lasso

– Ted Lasso is just a white guy in Beirut who gets hired by the new owner Hannah Waddingham on a drunken night out in Mar Mikhail.
– Ex-English teacher
– Lives in Hazmieh, Mar Takla
– Loves to speak his broken Arabic to anyone who listens

Hannah Waddingham

– Owns shares in Eden Bay
– Lives in Achrafieh
– Friends with Nayla Tueni
– Every morning at Lina’s

Jamie Tartt

– Has a saksouke
– Lives in Burj el Barajneh
– Loves croissant el doha
– Moves to Nejmeh F.C.

Roy Kent

– Smokes Kent after
– Lives in Furn el Chebek
– Originally from Ehden
– Banned from all Bodo branches and Carrefour City Centre
– Is a regular guest on Lebanese TV channel morning shows

Nathan “Nate” Shelley

– Lives in Jnah
– Knows people who know people who can get you what you want
– Moves to Al-Ahed

Keeley Jones

– Ex-Annahar
– Lives in Monot
– Has been asked out by Riad Salameh
– Is ostracized by her neighbourhood aunties

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