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How ex-Arsenal star Limpar was tricked into believing he'd travelled two years into the future

As TV pranks go, it beats Jeremy Beadle's best capers hands down.

In 1997, Anders Limpar, then an Everton player, was fooled into believing he'd travelled two years into the future in a time machine as part of an incredibly elaborate and perfectly orchestrated ruse.

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