Footie star didn’t notice missing £176k

A forklift truck driver blew thousands of pounds on a champagne-fuelled trip to Ibiza with a bank card belonging to Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez, a court heard. Sharif Mohamed, 32, spent £176,000 of the winger’s cash on designer clothes, gambling and dining out on the party island. Mahrez was targeted after an ‘unknown person’ called up Barclays Bank, posing as the £200,000-a-week Etihad favourite footballer and ordered a replacement card in his name. Mohamed travelled from his home in…

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