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Dinamo Bucharest signed Edgar Ié on a free switch in February this yr, however the Romanian press is now elevating the query: did Edgar signal with the membership, however it has been Edelino, his brother, who has taken the sphere since then?
Edelino and Edgar Ié.
Copy/Fb Edelino Ié.
Edgar and Edelino Ié are two 30-year-old footballers, twins, who play for Dinamo Bucharest, in Romania, and Tluchowia Tluchow, in Poland, respectively. Or is it the opposite approach round? That is the query that’s being raised and that has already led the Romanian Soccer Federation to react.
It began final week when Romanian journalist Daniel Sendre wrote a submit on his Fb web page elevating suspicions in regards to the case.
However let’s go in components. Within the final winter market, Edgar Ié, whose formation was divided between Sporting and Barcelona, signed for the symbol of the Romanian capital after having signed a contract with the Turkish facet Basaksehir.
Edgar Ié performs for Dinamo Bucharest.
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As he has frolicked at golf equipment akin to Lille, Feyenoord, Trabzonspor, Villarreal, amongst others, the Portuguese-Guinean athlete earns, in accordance with the native press, the very best wage within the Dinamo de Buscareste squad. Nevertheless, sporting efficiency has not corresponded to the associated fee that the athlete entails for the Romanians, a purpose that has contributed to the intensification of suspicions.
Edgar, in truth, was referred to as as much as the Nationwide Workforce by the hand of Fernando Santos, in 2017. The footballer, who within the meantime determined to signify Guinea-Bissau, made his debut with corners on his chest in a pleasant match in opposition to Saudi Arabia, which ended with a 3-0 Portuguese victory.
Edgar Ié throughout his debut for the Nationwide Workforce, in 2017.
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Journalist forged doubt
The case gained notoriety when, final Friday, Romanian journalist Daniel Sandre took to his Fb web page to lift a query that, if confirmed, will probably be an uncommon revelation to say the least: did Dinamo Bucharest rent Edgar, however has Edelino, the brother, been representing the membership?
The journalist even says that the symbol of that nation’s capital is contemplating doing a DNA take a look at to finish the blanket of doubts created in current days. He additionally provides that the membership requested Edgar (or Edelino?) to point out his driving license, a request that was rejected by the athlete.
One other famend sports activities journalist from Romania, Emanuel Rosu, writes on his social community web page the participant doesn’t converse Portuguese and, since arriving within the nation, has solely spoken in Portuguese. A scenario that will not elevate questions if it weren’t for the truth that Edgar Ié speaks fluent English.
In contrast to his brother, Edelino, who supposedly performs for Polish membership Tluchowia Tluchow, had spells at extra modest golf equipment, particularly Cinfães, FC Felgueiras 1932, Mirandela, Resende, and many others.
The federation’s response
“Definitely they [o Dínamo] They by no means supposed to make use of a twin brother as an alternative of the respectable one,” he stated.
If the scenario is confirmed and the membership proves that it didn’t know, it shouldn’t be sanctioned, provides the identical supply. In any other case, there’s a threat of being left with out the eight factors gained within the 5 matches wherein the athlete performed.
On Sunday, after the house victory in opposition to UTA Arad (2-0), with out, till additional discover, Edgar Ié, the Dinamo’s administrator spoke out in regards to the case and denied the information that has been spreading.
“We averted making an announcement. The Romanian press ought to pay extra consideration as a result of they’re making a case. No one spoke to us. We contemplate the one who launched this rumor as a most cancers for Dinamo. It was a concerted assault in opposition to us. I do not need us to be ridiculed Overlook this, it is false. There’s a world between him and his brother”, declared Andrei Nicolescu.