ALI DIA-ONE SHORT DAY ONLY-RIO-LONGER

On this day in 1996, Ali Dia proved to be the worst player to grace the Premier League, when he made his debut in the top flight for Southampton. The story is that Dia's agent, called Graeme Souness, pretending to be the great George Weah. He recommended Dia to Souness, saying they were cousins. Souness, never one to let a bargin pass by, snapped up Ali, bringing him on replace Matt Le Tissier in a league game with Leeds United. After 20 min utes it was clear to everybody that the lad was out of his depth and the embarrassed Scot had to haul Dia off the pitch. 

AND David O'Leary of Leeds Utd (at the time) took a gamble on this day in 2000, when he spent £18m on Rio Ferdinand, signing him from West Ham. This was, at the time, a record for an English defender and of course Rio was no embarrassment and he was sold, around two years later, to Man U for nearly £30m.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-A0kErdBwI WORTH WATCHING THIS