Man Utd and Man City academy players at centre of age-fraud claims

[bluesmith]

There are 3 names mentioned on that reddit link (I won't repeat them here) and the City player does play for England U16's (from his pictures I wouldn't say he looks overage though). Also seems to be the cousin of Baleba at BHA.

Have a look at the picture when he signed at 13.

 

[Prophet of Doom]

I remember being told of an English PL club that were in the process of signing Taribo West a few years ago when their due diligence uncovered he was far older than his supposed age and the deal called off at the 11th hour.

If you look at the way his career tailed off at his fake age of 25 it makes sense

 

[Feed the Elk]

If they’re good enough they’re err old enough

 

[Psychedelic Casual]

There was a rugby league player (played for both Hull clubs) called Stanley Gene from Papua New Guinea who didn’t know his DOB or how old he was. He just made them both up one day and stuck with it.

 

[oakiecokie]

Is that how old they really are?

Fuck me they`re older than me !!

 

[KS55]

I remember Allison messing with Skip’s birth certificate so no board member would object to signing an old man from non league football.

 

[Gazza]

I bet the first three words of that headline start to fade away and will be invisible very shortly.

 

[Greengenie]

I remember being told of an English PL club that were in the process of signing Taribo West a few years ago when their due diligence uncovered he was far older than his supposed age and the deal called off at the 11th hour.

If you look at the way his career tailed off at his fake age of 25 it makes sense

Argyle signed West in 2005 as a “31” year old. It was worked out he was probably 43. To be fair he did alright in his 4 appearances.

 

[mexico1970]

Never mind their age how's about concentrating on scouring our country for young talent instead of purposely shipping them over from overseas?

 

[Centurions]

Never mind their age how's about concentrating on scouring our country for young talent instead of purposely shipping them over from overseas?

Shame the club have never considered that...

City gets lot of criticism for signing players from other academies, this picture suggests otherwise