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| BBC Exposes Fake Football Agents |
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| Written by Adeleke Afolayan | ||||||
| Wednesday, 16 July 2008 | ||||||
     The agents, according to the BBC, take advantage of aspiring young footballers in the country who post their profile on the internet and ask them to pay a registration fee of $7,000 that in reality goes right into their pockets. The racket was however blown open when the BBC reporter, posing as the father of a young Ghanaian footballer, requested for help for his son in his quest to play for a European club. The reporter liased with the agent, a Paul Jones, and got him to agree to a physical meeting at a well known hotel in Abuja. There, the "father" was met by another "agent" named Dr. Frank Johnson who presented a document with the masthead of Manchester United on it. However, the document's flaw was in the name of the manager used; Sir Matt Busby instead of Sir Alex Ferguson. Sir Busby was a former United manager and had died back in 1994. The revelation only underlines how young footballers in Nigeria, and other African countries, are tricked by fraudsters in their desperation for lucrative contracts in Europe. In order to tackle this, Super Eagles captain Nwankwo Kanu recently opened a football academy that would not only recruit young footballers in Nigeria but also look after their welfare and keep them off such fake agents and real agents who are not interested in the players' welfare.  Quote this article on your site | Views: 436 | Print | E-mail
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