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First mention of Bugduv?
Wikipedia entry for the Moldovan national team amended to include reference to 16 year old wunderkind Bugduv. The amendment is written by user...Masalbugduv -
Blog comments start rolling
Comment by Kev on caughtoffside.com on who Arsenal should buy for the coming season: 'Why aren't we snapping up Bugduv, he's supposed to be unreal'. He goes on: 'Masal Bagduv has been described as one of the most exciting young footballers to come out of Moldocan football.' -
Slovan Drakovic sets up a blog to announce a move to Arsenal
In the only entry on the blog, the teen's managerannounces Arsenal's interest, quoting a report in Moldovan paper Diario Mo Thon (Diary of my arse, in Irish) -
A Cork City loan for Masal
James Stephens on boards.ie and hotbovril on eleven-a-side.com both reproduce a fake AP report titled: 'Moldovan sensation to be loaned to Irish club Cork City?' -
But wait, Arsenal are interested now
So says Ken Wright (Can Write?) on hammyend.com, reproducing another AP report: 'Bugduv could go straight into Arsenal team, says agent' -
Arsenal move picked up by commentor on soccerblog.org
The same AP report from Tirol, Moldova on Bugduv's move to Arsenal reproduced by user calledgheno. -
Bugduv move held up by red tape
According toTommy Kelly who reproduces another AP report,Bugduv's move could be held up by visa issues. -
Eek! Liverpool join the fight for the magic Moldovan
'Benitez to steal wunderkind Bugduv from under Arsenal's nose' says igorpetrev on bbc.co.uk -
Bugduv's contract with Olimpia Balti expires..
...leaving him free to join Arsenal, according to another AP piece reproduced byKevin Wright on the Mirror's football blog site. -
'I will destroy Luxembourg and join Arsenal'
So says Bugduv to AP's intrepid reporter, article reproduced byGalwaygooner on bbc.co.uk -
When Saturday Comes pick up on the Bugduv story
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Times lists Bugduv at no. 30 in its Top 50 Rising Stars list
This has since been amended so no link, sorry -
'Such player doesnt exist'
Offside.com links to the Times list, commenter makki says, 'heh there is very funny misteak in Times list...such player (Bugduv) doent exist, it is fake' -
Exposure! But not the Max Clifford kind
Fredorrarci on soccerlens.com exposes the whole Bugduv story as a hoax -
Times admits mistake, apologises
And removes Bugduv from its list. -
My little black donkey
Thanks to runofplay.comreveryone now knows that Masal Bugduv is a phonetic spelling of m'asal beag dubh, or my little black donkey in Irish. Speculation that the name derives from a Padraic O'Conaire short story