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How Man City were duped into paying £400,000 for a player who never played for Bolton

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Sam Allardyce has recalled one of the strangest transfer stories in Premier League history - the time Bolton Wanderers pocketed £400,000 for a player who never kicked a ball for them, after Manchester City swooped in at the eleventh hour.

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How Man City were duped into paying £400,000 for a player who never played for Bolton

Sam Allardyce has recalled one of the strangest transfer stories in Premier League history - the time Bolton Wanderers pocketed £400,000 for a player who never kicked a ball for them, after Manchester City swooped in at the eleventh hour.

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nationalworld.com broke the news in on Monday, October 13, 2025.
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