'I have told the European Commission that we should ban the transfer of minors. The first contract a player signs should be with the club who trains him,' Platini said in the Mail on Sunday. 'Minors shouldn't be seen as a machine that can be transferred for the benefit of agents or clubs.'


this is something i have been saying for a long time,especially when clubs like millwall who have one of the best youth academys outside the top flight always never getting the benefits of their own academy...