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Man Utd reject furious Le Havre claims over Pogba deal

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Sun, 08/02/2009 - 12:07

Manchester United have rubbished claims coming from Le Havre over their capture of youngster Paul Pogba.

United have been accused of offering 'very large' sums to the 16-year-old's parents to induce him to end a contract he has until the end of this season.

An angry Le Havre statement said: "This act is even more unacceptable as it comes from a club with such stature."

But a United spokesman told BBC Sport: "It is complete nonsense. Everything has been done within Uefa guidelines."

Interestingly, Pogba's former junior club, US Torcy, released a statement yesterday complaining they had not been properly compensated by Le Havre after they originally signed him.

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Comments (3)

Submitted by wdkf (not verified) on Sun, 08/02/2009 - 13:49.

bet theyre looking for compensation, theyll be complaining to platini next. wait and see for one of platini's hypocritical speech soon

http://wedontknowfootball.com/

Submitted by DaBee (not verified) on Sun, 08/02/2009 - 12:34.

crappy claims from a crappy club. dont blame the kid for wanting to leave to 1 of the best clubs around

Submitted by Erwin Chong (not verified) on Sun, 08/02/2009 - 12:32.

is this what you call what goes around comes around???

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