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The Search for Ali Dia, Legendary Football Hoaxster Turned Houdini | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report
![Classic Football Shirts on Twitter: "#OnThisDay in 1996 Ali Dia played for # Southampton after fooling G.Souness #Fact - Dia is not George Weah's cousin https://t.co/zSTTKIbldK" / Twitter Classic Football Shirts on Twitter: "#OnThisDay in 1996 Ali Dia played for # Southampton after fooling G.Souness #Fact - Dia is not George Weah's cousin https://t.co/zSTTKIbldK" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUfSQ-wWwAA3l2P.jpg)
Classic Football Shirts on Twitter: "#OnThisDay in 1996 Ali Dia played for # Southampton after fooling G.Souness #Fact - Dia is not George Weah's cousin https://t.co/zSTTKIbldK" / Twitter
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The Search for Ali Dia, Legendary Football Hoaxster Turned Houdini | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report
![Classic Football Shirts on Twitter: "#onthisday 96: Ali Dia (not George Weah's cousin) fooled Southampton manager Graeme Souness https://t.co/X8yYo226CX" / Twitter Classic Football Shirts on Twitter: "#onthisday 96: Ali Dia (not George Weah's cousin) fooled Southampton manager Graeme Souness https://t.co/X8yYo226CX" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DPT9dqbXUAEQkj4.jpg)
Classic Football Shirts on Twitter: "#onthisday 96: Ali Dia (not George Weah's cousin) fooled Southampton manager Graeme Souness https://t.co/X8yYo226CX" / Twitter
![Southampton's famous flop Ali Dia hits back 20 years after being branded the Premier League's worst-ever player… saying he trained with Souness for two weeks and 'earned his spot' in team Southampton's famous flop Ali Dia hits back 20 years after being branded the Premier League's worst-ever player… saying he trained with Souness for two weeks and 'earned his spot' in team](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/11/23/11/3AA7708E00000578-3964228-image-a-4_1479902150895.jpg)
Southampton's famous flop Ali Dia hits back 20 years after being branded the Premier League's worst-ever player… saying he trained with Souness for two weeks and 'earned his spot' in team
![Southampton's famous flop Ali Dia hits back 20 years after being branded the Premier League's worst-ever player… saying he trained with Souness for two weeks and 'earned his spot' in team Southampton's famous flop Ali Dia hits back 20 years after being branded the Premier League's worst-ever player… saying he trained with Souness for two weeks and 'earned his spot' in team](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/11/23/11/11CB402D000005DC-0-Souness_was_phoned_by_a_man_claiming_to_be_George_Weah_the_then_-a-30_1479901631713.jpg)
Southampton's famous flop Ali Dia hits back 20 years after being branded the Premier League's worst-ever player… saying he trained with Souness for two weeks and 'earned his spot' in team
![Classic Football Shirts on Twitter: "#onthisday 96: Ali Dia (not George Weah's cousin) fooled Southampton manager Graeme Souness https://t.co/X8yYo226CX" / Twitter Classic Football Shirts on Twitter: "#onthisday 96: Ali Dia (not George Weah's cousin) fooled Southampton manager Graeme Souness https://t.co/X8yYo226CX" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DPTxabjVwAA1sHs.jpg)
Classic Football Shirts on Twitter: "#onthisday 96: Ali Dia (not George Weah's cousin) fooled Southampton manager Graeme Souness https://t.co/X8yYo226CX" / Twitter
![It was easy to see that this guy had never been close to top-level football' – just how bad was Ali Dia? - The Athletic It was easy to see that this guy had never been close to top-level football' – just how bad was Ali Dia? - The Athletic](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2021/10/14104052/GettyImages-1619999-scaled-e1634222474561.jpg)