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No4...ALEX NYARKO (Everton) [12 Aug @ 1:50pm]
Nyarko joined Everton FC for £4.5M from RC Lens in 2001. He is infamous for an incident during the 2000/2001 season where during a game against Arsenal a fan came on the pitch and offered him his black shirt, signalling that Nyarko wasn't good enough to wear the colours of Everton. After the fan was escorted by police, Nyarko requested to be substituted and transferred. Nyarko showed glimpses of abilty, but too often he was lethargic, listless, and ill-at-ease with the demands of the Premiership
No3...MILTON 'TYSON' NUNEZ (Sunderland) [9 Aug @ 10:00pm]
Nunez briefly appeared for Sunderland in the English Premiership, and PAOK FC in the Greek Superleague. PAOK FC signed him in 1999 for a huge value price of £3million euros, after being approved by the great scouting eye of former PAOK scout and player, Stavros Sarafis. He was a failure and was promptly transferred for the same amount of money to Sunderland FC of England. Nunez is now somewhat a cult hero for Sunderland, due to his size and only one appearance. It is believed that Peter Reid, who was the manager when Nunez was brought to the Stadium of Light, thought that he had signed Nunez's strike partner at PAOK not Nunez himself which led to a brief stay only in England before returning to Nacional, after playing just one game for Sunderland.
No2...MARCO BOOGERS (West Ham) [9 Aug @ 10:00pm]
Boogers joined West Ham for £750,000 from Sparta Rotterdam in July 1995. Coming on as a substitute against Manchester United F.C. at Old Trafford in only his second appearance for the club, he was almost immediately sent off for a challenge on Gary Neville. He left the country soon afterwards, The Sun newspaper claiming he had been found on a caravan site in the Netherlands. In fact the story may be an urban myth, as Bill Prosser, who worked as West Ham United's PA and travel arranger at the time explained that Marco was depressed after being sent off in his second appearance for West Ham at Old Trafford and disappeared for a few days. West Ham's Clubcall reporter phoned Bill and said he was trying to find Boogers for an interview but could not reach him. He asked if Prosser had booked any flights for him which he hadn't, but added: 'If he has gone back to Holland, he's probably gone by car again'. The reporter misheard Prosser and stated on Clubcall that Prosser had said 'If he's gone back to Holland, he's probably gone to his caravan'. As you know, journalists often listen to Clubcall. Which explains why, the following day, the back page headline in The Sun was: 'Barmy Boogers Living In A Caravan'. The legend endures and Marco Boogers never played for West Ham again. Prosser feels a bit responsible for his Boogers' misfortune.
No1...ALI DIA (Southampton) [9 Aug @ 10:00pm]
Dia was signed by Southampton manager Graeme Souness in 1996, after Souness received a phone call purporting to be from Liberian international and former FIFA World Player of the Year George Weah. "Weah" told Souness that Dia was his cousin, had played for Paris Saint-Germain and had played 13 times for his country. Actually, none of this was true, and the phone call was from Dia's agent. Nonetheless, Souness was convinced, and signed Dia on a one-month contract. Dia played just one game for Southampton, in the number 33 shirt, against Leeds United on 23 November 1996; he had originally been scheduled to play in a reserve friendly against Arsenal, but the match was cancelled due to a waterlogged pitch. In the match against Leeds, he came on as a substitute for Matthew Le Tissier after 32 minutes but his performance was spectacularly below Premier League quality. He was later substituted for Ken Monkou after playing until the 53rd minute; Leeds won the match 2–0. Le Tissier himself recalled the story in a television interview, telling that Dia spent only a weekend at the club. He first came down to train with the team on Friday morning and what he did "didn't look very good" and the Southampton players thought that they would never see him again, but then on the next day Dia was surprisingly named to the subs bench. His performance on the field after he came on to replace Le Tissier was unbelievable. He ran around the pitch like Bambi on ice, it was very very embarrassing to watch. Yet according to the team's physiotherapist on Sunday morning, Dia turned up for treatment for an injury and then he left, and we never saw him again ... nobody knows where he went? Dia was released by Southampton two weeks into his contract.
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