Just overheard some bloke on Talktripe ,sounded like JonathanRoss but don't think it was,( not my radio so stuck with it) comparing Pep the Great with Baconface, claiming that Bacon was a better manager as he discovered and brought kids through as if he had discovered them kicking a tin can about in the carpark.
Can't remember the exact details but I'm sure I heard they got them under dubious circumstances and the rules regarding signing up kids were changed as a results Obviously no mention of that.
defo dodgy deals for Scholes from Oldham ? his parents did very well out of Scholes signing for United, Also giggs was schooled at City then signed for united, Brain Kidd was the main man and would visit homes and offer crazy deals to parents for their sons to sign for united