KING CON ALI DIA

LIAM NEWMAN remembers the day Graeme Souness fell foul of a trickster

Graeme Souness Kids dream of being Premier League footballers, but lack of a bility stops almost all of them. N ot Ali Dia, though . Back in Novemb er 1996, Southampton were in the middle of another difficult campaign, having registered just three wins from their opening 13 matches, and manager Graeme Souness was preparing his troops for the customary relegation battle ahead.So when the club received a phone call from World Footballer of the Year George Weah recommending his cousin to the cl...

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