Daily Star Sport takes a look at some of football's biggest con men, including one who almost ended up signing for a team in the Champions League...A former footballer at Derby County and Southend United, Medi Abalimba was sentenced to four years in prison on multiple charges of fraud after impersonating former Chelsea winger Gael Kakuta.After his football career was cut short by injury, Abalimba pretended to be Kakuta when he visited nightclubs and stayed at luxury hotels, paying for items on stolen credit cards.Sergeant Adam Cronshaw of Greater Manchester Police told the court: "Abalimba told us that many of his victims treated him so differently because they thought he was a celebrity footballer."After he was released from prison,.
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