World NewsDe La Torre Hits Out As Prodigy Heads for Spain |
GUADALAJARA vice-president Nestor de la Torre has hit out at the rules on transferring youth players after admitting the club is to lose 14-year-old prodigy Carlos Plascencia to Atletico Madrid.
Plascencia is flying to Spain next month to conclude his move and De la Torre has called on FIFA to stop "trafficking in minors" and the exploitation of young players by agents."We must keep away all the people who seem to trading monors as they spend their time making profit out of these opportunities," De la Torre told Mediotiempo.com. "They cheat a family for their own benefit.
"We must not forget what has happened to some Under-17 players who were promised a lot of things but had problems and had to come back.
"Sometimes there is no interested club, but there is an agent who wants to take advantage."
De la Torre called on the Mexican Football Federation to hold up the transfer of Plascencia to make a point, even though it ultimately will not be able to prevent Atletico from signing Plascencia.
"Guadalajara would earn some time, but even if the federation refuse the documentation, Atletico could get the player through FIFA in 45 days' time," he said.
De la Torre said that Decio de Maria, secretary general of the Mexican FA, is to raise the issue at a FIFA meeting in September.
"I'm sure this is not just an issue for Guadalajara," he said. "The same thing happens with other clubs in the Americas - in Brazil and Argentina and even the Africans are also suffering from this. We are not just thinking about money. We are thinking about the loss of talent from the clubs."
De la Torre added that he did not want to stand in the way of Plascencia making a major career move, but wanted to see greater safeguards in the system.
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