A report in last week’s France Football says Arsene Wenger is interested in signing a 12-year-old from Paris FC.
France Football’s weekly magazine had a comprehensive column on the big team’s summer transfer window and noted that Hannibal Mejbri, who plays for Paris FC, who have recently won the Danone Cup tournament, could cross the channel this Summer.
It’s not unusual in today’s football to sign youngsters but a 12 years old seems a bit of an early signing.
There are stringent FIFA regulations on signing minors that should not be breached as Barcelona recently found out. Barcelona have been hit with a two transfer window bans, but it doesn’t prevent them from buying players as we can see, they just cannot register and play them.