South American club tricked by handsome imposter

Before Mexico manager Sven-Goran Eriksson came to prominence in the UK, British men with bad eyesight, grey locks and a vastly receding hairlines had nothing in their lives except drab offices, crossword puzzles and avoiding people’s glances on the train. After the Swede romped his way to power, however, one such man has managed to make a full-time career based on his similarity to the randy manager. His name is Derek Williams, and he has been using his special gift since 2005 - you can see him in the picture above recreating a typical day at Eriksson HQ.

Recently, the Sven-alike has been using his dashing visage to make Mexicans look like damned fools:

[Williams] was given a tour of Primera División outfit Universidad Nacional’s stadium - the Estadio Olímpico Universitario - yesterday morning after sending the club falsified documents which appeared to have come from the Mexican football federation. According to Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, nobody spotted the deception until the federation themselves released a statement later in the day.

Williams could have used his powers to earn hugely inflated severance packages from top teams, or to bed any unscrupulous secretary/ television personality in the world. Williams decided to use it to get tours of stadiums. And they say George Best wasted his gift…

Spoiler bonus: If you would like to book Derek for a social event or to give you access to a foreign stadium that is open to the public anyway, click here.

[The Guardian]

How the hell did they fall for this?

Last week we told you how Nicolas Cage was a special guest of the Real Madrid president when they lost to Roma in the Champions League. Except the actor, whose limited talents may be seen in Leaving Las Vegas and Face/Off, was nowhere near the Bernabéu - the club and its entire directors’ box were duped by an Italian impersonator, whose acting talents are obviously far better than his doppelgänger’s.

The picture above is the chap who conned his way in, Matchstick Men-style, posing with a man who couldn’t possibly have seen anything from the Cage canon, and who cannot distinguish between Italian and American accents. Good work, Real!

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