This is following on from WES's comments in a thread below about youth players

[Pokster]

My youngest has just been signed to Dirty Leeds, the coach there was telling us that a 12yr old from Sunderland has just been signed by Man City, they obviously can'y pay the 12yr old so they are giving his mum 75k a year and paying for private schooling for this kid...., makes you wonder how many of them they do this for

[IUFG]

My youngest has just been signed to Dirty Leeds, the coach there was telling us that a 12yr old from Sunderland has just been signed by Man City, they obviously can'y pay the 12yr old so they are giving his mum 75k a year and paying for private schooling for this kid...., makes you wonder how many of them they do this for

A nice new reliable car for mum / dad to take the kid to training

Big lump sum so family can move nearer the club

Kids dropped like a hot potato when they've broke a leg / ankle

it's a very dirty world in the youth section of professional football.

[Pokster]

A nice new reliable car for mum / dad to take the kid to training

Big lump sum so family can move nearer the club

Kids dropped like a hot potato when they've broke a leg / ankle

it's a very dirty world in the youth section of professional football.

There must be a huge amount of this that goes on

[Sir C]

There must be a huge amount of this that goes on

Are Lids currently solvent? Are they still owned by that wossname, the old Chelsea bloke? Nasty piece of work. Ken something, looks like a smurf?

[SWv2]

There must be a huge amount of this that goes on

Arsenal did this well over a decade ago with Antony Stokes.

[Burney]

Are Lids currently solvent? Are they still owned by that wossname, the old Chelsea bloke? Nasty piece of work. Ken something, looks like a smurf?

I thought he was going to die? Or am I thinking of Doug Ellis?

[Burney]

Arsenal did this well over a decade ago with Antony Stokes.

Didn't we also do some fairly dodgy stuff to get Jermaine Pennant?

[Pokster]

Are Lids currently solvent? Are they still owned by that wossname, the old Chelsea bloke? Nasty piece of work. Ken something, looks like a smurf?

Must be OK as they are spending £11m on a Derby striker this week