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#2 Ali Dia at Southampton (1 match)
Arguably the greatest football transfer story of all time. In November 1966, Southampton made a signing that got their fans very excited. Supposedly, he was the cousin of World Player of the Year and Ballon dOr winner, George Weah. The cousin of one of the greatest players of the era must also be great, right?
Well, yes, sort of.Ali Dia was great at fooling people into believing that he was indeed the cousin of George Weah which he wasnt. He fooled the then Saints manager, Graeme Souness into believing it, which led him to give the Senegalese a contract for a month.
He then made his debut for the club against Leeds United when he replaced Matthew Le Tessier after 33 minutes. He was so bad that he got substituted in the 85th minute. His contract was then rescinded in its second week itself, but not before everyone had learnt a great lesson: You dont have to be a great footballer to play in the Premier League, all you have to be good at is conning football managers.
