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Meet the FAKE footballer who almost blagged his way into the Champions League: Gregoire Akcelrod claimed he was a PSG reserve and pasted his name into reports to earn trials across Europe... despite being a 'bad' player in France's WORST amateur league!

Some people would do anything to become a professional footballer. Gregoire Akcelrod tricked Europe's elite - including one Champions League team - to give him a chance by sending them a fake CV.

At 10 years old, the Frenchman was like any young boy with a dream. The only problem was he was terrible at football. His own father thought he was so bad that he banished him from playing out of pure embarrassment.

The young Akcelrod went on to trick Norwich, Bournemouth and Swindon into offering him a trial and he even received an offer to play European football for CSKA Sofia - all by creating a fake website which claimed he was an up-and-coming star.