Have you seen the movie ‘Prestige’, directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Christian Bale? Well, that movie might help you understand what kind of trickery a pair of twin footballers tried to pull off.This story is about Edgar Ie, originally from Guinea Bissau, whom Barcelona paid 1,750,000 euros to Sporting Lisbon as an 18-year-old, or is it?Belenenses later sold the player to Lille for 3,500,000 euros, and that was the peak of his career. After Trabzon, Feyenoord, periods without engagement, Istanbul Basaksehir – a spiral of decline. He was supposed to represent a reinforcement for Dinamo Bucharest, the Romanian side announced him pompously when they brought him in in February.Three months later, it seems that Dinamo realized that they were mistaken – or, better yet, tricked. not because Edgar isn’t the player they thought he was, but because it might not be Edgar at all.##NAJAVA_MECA_8095253##In recent days, it has been speculated that Edgar sent his twin brother, Edelino, to Bucharest. He also started in Sporting, but quickly downgraded a couple of levels and played in Lithuania, the third, even fourth division of Portugal.He was exposed by the fact that the Romanians realized after three months that this Edgar of theirs did not know a word of English. The real Edgar, they were sure, knew how to speak that language well. After all, he played in Spain, France, Turkey and the Netherlands.”Surreal. I wondered if I was dreaming. I started calling people, talking to my friends and the news is true, I can’t believe it. No one denied it. I found out that he has a twin brother who is also a football player,” said Florin Prunea, a former player and president of Dinamo who are now fighting for survival.🚨🇷🇴 Crazy news coming from Romanian football… Dinamo Bucuresti are investigating whether defender Edgar Ié made his twin brother Edelino play in his place for around 5 games this season, reports @marca. pic.twitter.com/35BAFxAnj9— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) May 13, 2024 Dinamo eventually asked the player to prove that he was really Edgar by showing them his ID. He refused and it seems more and more that the Bucharest club has been tricked. The only question is whether he will be allowed to turn himself in. Because not only would the reputation of the club suffer, but Dinamo could also be punished by deducting eight points in the five games in which Edelino played.Even the Football Association of Romania admits that the regulations for such situations are not the clearest – because no one could have guessed that it would happen.For now, Dinamo defend by claiming that it is sure that it signed the contract with the real Edgar and as proof assures that the deal was made through a “big and serious management agency”. Now, if, in the meantime, Edelino has replaced Edgar – how can they know for sure?
