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HIBS striker Islam Feruz spent a night in a police cell before appearing in court over claims he was driving his £80,000 Porsche while banned.

Police accused the on-loan Chelsea player of also giving a fake name when he was pulled over.

The Hibs kid allegedly gave the name “Saeed Cabadalla,” when officers stopped him in the plush car in the Gorbals, in Glasgow.

The Somali-born player was charged with driving the Porsche without a licence or insurance while he was banned from the road.

Feruz spent the night in police cells before he appeared at the city’s Justice of the Peace Court.

The Scotland youth player, who turned 20 yesterday, denied the offences which happened in the early hours of Wednesday, prosecutors claim.

A trial date was set for next year and he was freed on bail.

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Four years ago the Somalian-born Scot appeared to have the world at his feet when he signed for Chelsea from Celtic.

However somewhere in between the lines got blurred and the player attitude and application were called into queston.

Not only that the attacker has also seen a series of short term loan moves at club level not go according to plan.

A bizarre loan switch to Russia in 2014 at Krylia Sovetov lasted just two days with Feruz citing homesickness.

Feruz then tried his luck at OFI Crete under the management of Gennaro Gattuso but made just three appearances for the Greeks.

He then trained with Cardiff City in January this year but had another change of heart before joining Blackpool only to be sent packing back to Chelsea three months early after tasting just 16 minutes of Championship action.

Feruz also became embroiled in an ill-advised series of social media comments which saw him told to close down his Twitter account by Chelsea.

Now having clinched a deadline day loan deal to Scottish Championship side Hibs, Feruz insists that that it is judgment day in Edinburgh.

Feruz - who has recently become a father for the first time to daughter Kayla - revealed that wants to be judged on what he achieves as a Hibs player and not by the unsavoury episodes of the past.

Feruz is adamant that the bright lights of London and earning staggering sums of money at such a young age have not gone to his head.

Although he does concedesthat he has some made mistakes as a youngster

Feruz said: “I’ve got wiser. I know what I want and I am determined to make the most of this chance and do well. I’ve made a few mistakes but I’ve learned from them. If it was not for the mistakes, then I wouldn’t be the man I am today.

“It’s something that comes with being young. I want people to judge me on what I do now. A lot of people want to judge me based on what I’ve done in the past rather than who I am now.

“It would be nice to be judged on what I do at Hibs and how I behave in Scotland As I grew up, I learned to ignore always being under the spotlight. When I was younger, I didn’t know how to ignore the attention and I did things that I shouldn’t have. I got into trouble. The money wasn’t an issue, I just look to help my family.

“I have the same friends as I did in Scotland and I’m the same person.”=