Chelsea secretly signed underage players
Getty Images | Der Spiegel reported that documents from Football Leaks contain a draft contract dating from spring 2014 in which FC Chelsea bound the Croatian player Karlo Ziger to London with a so-called scholarship agreement beginning in July 2017.
The case of a Croatian youth player who was secretly signed against the rules puts Chelsea on the spot in terms of alignment with FIFA regulations.
Foreign youth players are seemingly hidden from records in order to be developed in England, and other Premier League clubs may be involved.
15 April 2019 - 9:44 AM
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