Traore: THE TRUTH

The disastrous signing of Djimi Traore, whose value fell by £1m in just five months, arguably epitomised Charlton's sorry season. In an attempt to explain how such a poor transfer decision could have been made, I stumbled across this amazing exhange of emails:


To: s.ibrahim@adb-aa.com
From: reg@cafc.co.uk
3 Aug 2006, 10.09am


Sounds gr8! The money is on its way.

Peter

ps - r u aware of Mr. Amdy Faye?

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To: reg@cafc.co.uk
From: s.ibrahim@adb-aa.com
3 Aug 2006, 8.42am


TO: MR PETER VARNEY
FROM THE DESK OF: MR SULEMAN IBRAHIM
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING SECTION
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (A.D.B.)
BAMAKO
MALI

RE: MR DJIMI TRAORE

I AM MR. SULEMAN IBRAHIM, THE DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING SECTION OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (A.D.B.), BAMAKO, MALI.

WITH DUE RESPECT AND REGARD, I HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU ON A BUSINESS TRANSACTION THAT WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO BOTH OF US AT THE END OF THE TRANSACTION. THIS MESSAGE MAY MEET YOU UTMOST SURPRISE, HOWEVER IT IS MY URGENT NEED FOR FOREIGN PARTNER THAT MADE ME CONTACT YOU FOR THIS TRANSACTION.

DURING OUR INVESTIGATION AND AUDITING, MY DEPARTMENT CAME ACROSS MR DJIMI TRAORE WHO HAS BEEN LYING DORMANT SINCE RETURNING FROM ISTANBUL IN 2005, WITHOUT ANY CLAIM EITHER FROM HIS FAMILY OR RELATION BEFORE OUR DISCOVERY TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.

AS IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW, I GOT YOUR IMPRESSIVE INFORMATION THROUGH THE MALI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (SPORTS DEPT). THEY HAVE INFORMED ME THAT 'VALLEY EXPRESS' MAY SOON BE ARRIVED HERE IN BAMAKO? IT MAY ADVISED UPON YOU THAT TRAFFIC IS NOTORIOUS, AND ALSO HEAVY; PLEASE ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME.

I WILL NOT FAIL TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE. UPON DEPOSITING THE SUM OF £2M (TWO MILLION) POUNDS, AND UPON SMOOTH CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSACTION, YOU WILL BE ENTITLED TO 35% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS GRATIFICATION, WHILE 65% WILL BE FOR ME AND MY PARTNERS.

PLEASE, YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO KEEP THIS TRANSACTION AS "TOP SECRET" AS I AM STILL IN SERVICE AND INTEND TO RETIRE FROM SERVICE AFTER WE CONCLUDE THIS DEAL WITH YOU. INSTEAD PLEASE ARRANGE TO INFORM AGENT 'RED NAP' (CODENAME: 'ARRY) THAT SAID TRANSACTION WAS COMPLETE.

I WILL BE MONITORING THE WHOLE SITUATION HERE IN THIS BANK UNTIL YOU CONFIRM THE MONEY IN YOUR ACCOUNT AND ASK ME TO COME DOWN TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR SUBSEQUENT SHARING OF THE FUND ACCORDING TO PERCENTAGES PREVIOUSLY INDICATED AND FURTHER INVESTMENT, EITHER IN YOUR COUNTRY OR ANY COUNTRY YOU ADVICE US TO INVEST IN. ALL OTHER NECESSARY VITAL NFORMATION WILL BE SENT TO YOU WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU.

UP THE ADDICTS!

YOURS SINCERELY

MR SULEMAN IBRAHIM

PS - MR DJIMI TRAORE CAN ALSO OPERATE IN 3-5-2 FORMATION AS WINGED BACK.