Man City reported to FIFA over Garre move
Sep 22, 2016 - 10:16 AM Argentine club Velez Sarsfield has lodged a formal complaint with FIFA over Manchester City's signing of teen midfielder Benjamin Garre.Velez said City tried to sign Garre - who joined the Premier League club after turning 16 in July - from them when he was only 15, which it alleges breached FIFA's rules on the transfer of minors.
FIFA has clamped down on the transfer of minors in the past few seasons with Spanish clubs Barcelona, with Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid hit by bans for breaching rules.
"Never have I experienced such an immoral act ... We don't know what they offered the father and the child in order to convince them," Raul Gamez, Velez's president, was quoted as saying by the Daily Telegraph.
"In Velez, we defend values and we act in good faith. We are not interested in collecting 50,000 euros or 1,000,000 euros if said action is prohibited and may affect the player."
City denied any wrongdoing in their recruitment of the Argentine, who the English Premier League club said held an Italian passport, allowing him to join Pep Guardiola's side on his 16th birthday, the report said.
Source: AAP
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