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York City have been stung in a transfer farce that resembles the infamous Ali Dia tale.

The National League side agreed a deal for Curacao defender Derwin Martina last week.

After completing the deal, York stated that Martina was the brother of Southampton right-back Cuco.

Just four days later, the 22-year-old has been released after failing to impress boss Gary Mills.

Martina played just over 80 minutes in a reserve team encounter but had a shocker.

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And Saints right-back Cuco has now denied that they are even related.

"He is not brother or my cousin, he is just a friend," he told BBC Radio York.

"In my country, Martina's a really big name so a lot of people have that last name."

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Dia made the headlines after a short stint at Southampton in 1996.

He was recommended to boss Graeme Souness by someone pretending to be former AC Milan striker George Weah.

Dia played 32 minutes as a substitute against Leeds before being released soon after.