There's a 30cm difference in height! Shocking! An adult is playing for Manchester United's Manchester City youth team? Rumors of age manipulation → Rumors of human trafficking explode
Mar 20, 2025
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Manchester United and Manchester City, which share the same roof as Manchester, are embroiled in rumors of academy age manipulation. The British daily `The Sun' reported on the 19th (local time) that the two clubs were suspected of age manipulation, citing a report by `The Telegraph.
According to the Telegraph, the six Manchester United and Manchester City players who moved to England in recent years are suspected to be older than they actually are known. There is even a theory that they are old enough to be classified as adults.
The parents of the players who played for the two clubs' youth teams raised suspicions against the club, and both clubs are also aware that evidence related to this 'age manipulation theory' is emerging one after another, according to the Telegraph.
One parent said 'Telegraph' that he was four or five years older than he had faced his son. The height was 1 foot (about 30.4 cm) and the weight was 2 to 3 stone (about 12 to 19 kg). This is unforgivable. If you get tackled, you could get seriously injured." "The greatest comedy of all time" was also used.
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Some parents raised concerns that some of the players suspected of age manipulation could come into contact with 'young girls'. What would happen if a 16-year-old player goes into an 11th to 12th class and feels sexual impulses on girls? Something that could have happened enough."
Parents also mentioned one case, raising the possibility that some players were trafficked in their home countries. It's Manchester United striker Ahmad Diallo. Diallo was fined 48,000 euros by the Italian Football Association when he played for Atalanta in 2021. He ruled that he entered Italy at the age of 12 using forged documents.
Six of them were hidden because they could not prove their exact ages, but three of them were recognized enough to play for England's youth team, the Telegraph said.
The Premier League secretariat, as well as both clubs, declined to comment on what measures would be taken.
Manchester City have insisted that they have never acted outside of their legal obligations.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
