Ex-Barcelona defender is ‘accused of making his TWIN brother play in his place for Dinamo Bucharest… with duo rumbled because the other sibling is unable to speak English!’
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A top football club in Romania is under investigation after reports emerged that they used an ineligible player while his twin brother disguised himself in his place.
As reported by Marca30-year-old Edgar Ie allegedly let his brother or sister play five matches for the Romanian team, pretending to be him.
Suspicions came to the fore when Edgar Ie spoke no English, only Portuguese, even though he played in the Netherlands, Spain and France.
If Dinamo Bucharest is found guilty of what has been charged, eight points could be deducted.
Former Dynamo president Florin Prunea said: “It seems surreal.”
Which brother is it? Dinamo Bucharest’s Edgar Ie (bottom left) is accused of playing his twin brother in his place
Egar Ie played in the Netherlands, Spain and France for Feyenoord, Barcelona and Lille
The defender also played in Turkey for Trabzonspor before joining Dinamo in Romania
Shocked, he continued, “I wondered if he was still asleep, and I started making phone calls and talking to friends. The news is true, I can’t believe it.
‘No one denied it. I found out he has a twin brother who also plays football.’
According to Romanian journalist Emanuel Rosu, the club has asked the player in question to produce his driver’s license to prove his identity.
However, he refused, which only increased suspicions.
Edgar Ie started his professional career at Barcelona after coming through the youth system at Sporting CP.
However, he only played once for the Catalan giants and spent most of his time at Barcelona B.
In 2015, the defender left the club and played for seven clubs, including Lille, Trabzonspor and Feyenoord, before moving to Romania.
The former Barcelona The man signed for the Red Dogs in February, but has apparently forced his brother to fill in for him.
There have been no official statements yet from Dynamo on what the Guinea-Bissau international might have done.
