Lithuanian club think they've signed 'prolific' ex-QPR forward because of inflated Wiki profile

Pity the Panevezys fans who, upon hearing that their club had signed Paris-born Angolan forward Barkley Miguel Panzo, headed over to his Wikipedia page.

As a teenager, young Barkley had apparently hammered in goals like they were going out of fashion at Loftus Road, scoring 45 times in just 36 appearances for Queens Park Rangers. Who is this budding Rodney Marsh?

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Seb Stafford-Bloor is a football writer at Tifo Football and member of the Football Writers' Association. He was formerly a regularly columnist for the FourFourTwo website, covering all aspects of the game, including tactical analysis, reaction pieces, longer-term trends and critiquing the increasingly shady business of football's financial side and authorities' decision-making.