Aston Villa striker John Carew may have fallen victim to an alleged £250,000 fraud.
The Sunday Mercury says the Norwegian is said to have paid the cash for two new Porsches which were to be sent straight from the German firm's factory to his Birmingham bachelor pad.
He should have netted a gleaming 911 and a top-of-the-range Cayenne, but one turned out to be a lease car and the other was second-hand, it is alleged.