Yes, and what United did ought to be illegal. A club scouts a young player, trains him, develops him and then, because club's can't legally tie themselves to a player until he turns sixteen, they lose him for vitrually nothing a day after his sixteenth birthday, because another club comes along and offers him more money. I'm not picking on United, let's be clear, clubs in every major European league engage in this type of behaviour. And, yes, it's a form of legalized thieving.
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Nobody's more guilty of youth player poaching than Arsene Wenger. How else would he have pried Cesc Fabergas away from Barca? Regarding the bit at end on the subject of Ronaldo and Real, the writer misses the most obvious point- players listen first and foremost to their agents. Agents don't make a huge amount of money from weekly salaries but rake in tons of cash from brokering transfers. It's in their best interests to keep their players moving every couple of years just to keep the money rolling in. Why else would Alex Hleb be happy rotting in the Barcelona reserves, and why else will Cesc be happy rotting in the Barcelona reserves next year?
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