and they talk about city buying up all the youth 10 years ago YES 10 YEARS AGO united paid a cool £1million for a 14 year old lad from burnley
A footballer who Manchester United paid £1m for when he was just 14 will be playing for Derry City in the League of Ireland next season.
Ghanaian-born English player John Cofie, who is now 24, was one of five signings announced by Derry on Tuesday.
In 2007,
Manchester United beat Premier League rivals Liverpool and Chelsea in the race to sign the youngster who was on Burnley's books.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42156663
shit like that 10 years ago is like a million light years away from today and all the fucking moaning going on about the youth coming to the city academy your talking about 10 years ago and what a million pounds would buy you at youth levels and for a 14 year old