Signing kids from Lewes is perfectly acceptable: Southampton signed Lallana from Bournemouth at 12 years old, and paid a fee for him. Imagine a club offering money for you at twelve :ohmy:
Bournemouth still have a 25% sell on clause from that deal. Nice business (though I guess agreeing to that...
This Hunte is seventeen years old though.
To a greater or lesser degree, I bet most of us could look back at our seventeen (or fourteen, fifteen, say) year old selves and be somewhat embarrassed about the stuff we said and did.
No club will give players a chance forever, but equally, I...