To minimise the risks to young football players we should ban agents recruiting under-18s | Letter
By Guardian StaffMonday 21 September · 18:01

Phil Murray responds to articles about the precarious path talented young athletes face Jonathan Liew’s piece ( Raheem Sterling’s bleak tale a reminder of absurd path young footballers face, 17 September ) is informative and timely, particularly when set against Jacob Steinberg’s report ( ‘They are very similar’: Arsenal’s Dowman reminds Merino of Lamine Yamal, 16 September ) . The tiny proportion of young footballers originally “signed” by top flight clubs at a ludicrously young age, who then a
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