I have a friend with a collection of about 10 Breitlings, amongst which is one (very convincing) fake. He keeps it on the grounds that, if one day it all goes to sh*t and he has to sell them, he might be able to sneak that one in with the others.
Claiming an item to be a fake seems to me a shrood way of avoiding having it stolen?
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."