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

The Mitcher said:
Except these aren't children and are knowingly lying.
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Of which there is zero verifiable evidence? i mean…. A picture of an u15 tournament where players of any age u15 could be playing… right
 
The article never mentioned it but there's also evidence of two of the players in question having different names to the ones they use now. There's one post that even explicitly stated a player was 12 back in 2019, when he claims to be 14 now.
 
If they were trafficked you can't necessarily say the players did it on purpose either. Sir Mo Farah was actually born Hussein Abdi Kahin before he was trafficked to the UK under the impression he'd be staying with relatives, but in reality was essentially a slave to the family that brought him over until social services got him out.
 
Cassidy said:
Of which there is zero verifiable evidence? i mean…. A picture of an u15 tournament where players of any age u15 could be playing… right
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If there was no evidence it wouldn't be reported on, especially if even City is implicated. In fact, as @Gungerz pointed out there is evidence of two players using different names.

EDIT: Moreover, the article states not only are both clubs aware of the evidence. But that even other parents of fellow youth players were aware of something and reported it to safeguarding, which was never acted upon. The only reason it hasn't been made fully available is because we are potentially dealing with players who are still minors.
 
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The Mitcher said:
If there was no evidence it wouldn't be reported on, especially if even City is implicated. In fact, as @Gungerz pointed out there is evidence of two players using different names.

EDIT: Moreover, the article states not only are both clubs aware of the evidence. But that even other parents of fellow youth players were aware of something and reported it to safeguarding, which was never acted upon. The only reason it hasn't been made fully available is because we are potentially dealing with players who are still minors.
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You keep referring to evidence. There isn’t any which is why the article was not stating it as a fact and was on the fence.
 
Scarlett Dracarys said:
Sounds similar to when immigrants kids move to the US. They are placed a grade behind because they are supposedly not well educated.
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How is that even possible given the apparent lack of education of many Americans today!
 
They claimed part of the problem was that clubs in England and the FA had begun prioritising “athletes” at the expense of “technicians”. “They’re going for just big, aesthetic looks of athletes that they think they can change into footballers, which, generally, they can’t,” they said. “Spain produce footballers. England just want athletes to bombard their way through. Because they’ve got to be seen to be competing for all the money they put in.”
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Summarises why we're so rubbish and still continue to be (national team-wise)
 
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