A man from Nottingham is seeking a refund after he was taken in by an outrageous online auction scam.

Fawaz Al-Hasawi was duped by an eBay seller supposedly auctioning French footballer Bakary Sako.

Mr Al-Hasawi’s bid of £3.5 million was accepted by the seller – who trades under the user name ‘Molineux_Kenny’ – but when the goods arrived the unfortunate victim realised he had been sent a cardboard cut-out of the player instead of the real thing [...]

Nottingham Forest are facing a bleak winter as even more names are added to their injury list. Forest’s recent form has been hampered by key members of the squad dropping out, but a series of bizarre injuries and diseases have left the manager with even fewer options [...]