The Viola are the latest to accuse United of poaching

After FIFA handed out a ban to Chelsea on the basis of a poaching allegation being proved against them in regard to a French youngster Gael Kakuta, a pandora’s box seems to have opened. Long lost and forgotten complaints are being dug up in the hope of extracting similar punishments for the offending clubs. After Le Havre accused Manchester United of having ‘poached’ Paul Pogba, one of their talented young players, it is Fiorentina now who are up in arms in regard to our acquisition of the services of one Michele Fornasier. Fornasier happens to be a 16-year old defender who was offered a contract after some impressive performances for the Viola during the Milk Cup tournament in Northen Ireland this summer. [Keep Reading…]

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In the middle of the storm: Paul Pogba

In the wake of the Gael Kakuta controversy, a number of clubs from all over Europe were up in arms accusing big English clubs of poaching their young talent and demanding punitive action from FIFA. Leading this pack were the French Ligue 2 club Le Havre whose outright vocal President Jean-Pierre Louvel has time and again criticized Manchester United of poaching Paul Pogba, a product of their own youth system. United were mostly silent on the whole controversy only breaking their silence once to confirm that they had indulged in no wrongdoing. Now it seems, the patience has run out.   United today have threatened to take action against Le Havre if they continue with “unfounded” allegations that payments were made to the parents of French starlet Paul Pogba in order to entice the player to Old Trafford. [Keep Reading…]

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