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Former Loanee N'Daw Admits to Lying About Age
Friday, 28th Feb 2020 16:30

Former Blues loanee Guirane N’Daw has admitted to lying about his age during his playing career.

The Senegalese international spent the 2012/13 season on loan with the Blues from St Etienne.

Midfielder N’Daw retired from professional football in 2016 and is officially 35 according to the record books. However, he admits he is actually older than that and claims the case is the same with most Senegalese players with European clubs.

"What is certain is that in Senegal, 99 per cent of players have reduced their age," he told IGFM.

"Senegalese [players] are generally very small and when he goes to Europe at 20, he will see that young people of 15 are stronger than him.

"Like all Senegalese, I lowered my age to be professional. In Africa, the player who does not lower his age cannot be professional [in Europe], it's a reality.”

N’Daw, who won 44 international caps, made 32 starts and two sub appearances for the Blues, scoring once.


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hoppy added 16:40 - Feb 28
Elsewhere, doubts have been cast in light of this of the authenticity of the date on the birth certificate for Finidi George - something that had never been in question previously, ever, not one bit...
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Town4me added 16:44 - Feb 28
Kanu was another classic
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davidsuperg added 16:58 - Feb 28
Just like will keane is really 50 that's why he can't score
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surgery added 17:10 - Feb 28
What about the bloke from Cameroon in the 1990 World Cup, Roger Milla, he must have been at least 50 but, unlike, Keane, could score
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Cakeman added 18:25 - Feb 28
davidsuperg as well as Will Keane possibly being quite old I reckon Jonathan Douglas must have been in his late sixties when he was with us!
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Linkboy13 added 19:02 - Feb 28
Looks like we'll have two upfront who can't score to morrow Keane and Sears.
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DifferentGravy added 20:27 - Feb 28
Ha! Needed a bit of levity to break up the doom n gloom. So exactly how old was he?.........irrespective, he was chuffin awful.

Finidi George......brilliant for Ajax......absolutely over paid and dogs business for Town.... saw him play away at Wimbledon, ala Selhurst Park. Thankfully Counago came on for Finidi and showed him how to do it.
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ArnieM added 22:32 - Feb 28
Would explain why Finidi George was really 110yr then and not 29yr
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allezlesbleus added 23:00 - Feb 28
Maybe I am being a bit thick here, but surely, at some stage, they would need to present their passport to play for an European club, which would show their date of birth. If that is the case, then the clubs would know their age unless they have a passport with a false DOB on it, which I would assume is quite a serious offence???
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fifeblue added 23:22 - Feb 28
Ray Crawford at 83 is still better than anyone in our current front line.
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therein61 added 07:19 - Feb 29
We currently have a 34 year old midfielder who has always ran about as though he's over 50 anyone checked his age!?
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r2d2 added 09:22 - Feb 29
Differentgravy-Finidi started off really well for us. Trouble is, he went to the African nations cup and then came back utter sh!te for some reason.
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itfc58 added 10:29 - Feb 29
That's they way morons , keep slagging off our players! That will solve all our problems. Most of you lot on here have a mental age of about 4. You make me sick!
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IpswichT62OldBoy added 11:15 - Feb 29
As an over achieving 4 year old I think it reasonable to slag Fendini George and Douglas, time will tell with Keane but he is running out of it.
Also I have drawn a picture of a cat that my Mum says is quite good
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Radlett_blue added 11:18 - Feb 29
When Malcolm Allison persuaded the Plymouth Argyle board to sign Tony Book from Bath City, he got Book to doctor his birth certificate so that he appeared to be 28 as he didn't think they would authorise paying £1,500 for a 30 year old non league player. What an amazing career Book had for someone who didn't play top flight football until aged almost 32.
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whosroundisitanyway added 13:28 - Feb 29
Doesn't matter how old you are if you can conceal the ball in your mouth.
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NorthLondonBlue2 added 15:02 - Feb 29
This is nuts!

Wide open lawsuit for damages.
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BlueandTruesince82 added 15:53 - Feb 29
I have literally no memory of this guy
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