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Non-existent Moldovan to Arsenal

GrecianInWales

GrecianInWales

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This is quite amusing - seems The Times was fooled

http://soccerlens.com/the-curious-case-of-masal-bugduv/20613/

Not that certain Exewebbers have ever been above making up players linked with City... ;)
 
newburygrecian

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A brilliant further twist.

M'asal beag dubh (pronounced Masal Bugduv) is gaelic for "My little black donkey".

Best fake ever.
 
GrecianInWales

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It's ace, had me laughing for ages.

Brian Phillips has dug out the literary origins of the Little Black Donkey story here:

http://www.runofplay.com/2009/01/15/the-literary-origins-of-the-masal-bugduv-hoax/

Very apt :)
 
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