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Child Footballers! The Search for the Next Messi

Are Europe's biggest clubs exploiting footballers as young as five or six years old in the search for the next big thing?

Are Europe's biggest clubs exploiting children as young as five or six years old, in the search for the next big thing? Barcelona received a ban from FIFA for illegally recruiting under-age children from overseas.
The former Dutch international Aron Winter discusses why his country are so often the nearly-men at the World Cup. And hear the remarkable story of how football saved a young goalkeeper's life during the genocide in Rwanda.

Picture: Barcelona fans show a banner which says La Masia No Es Toca ie 'Keep your hands off our youth academy'. Credit: Getty Images

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Fri 11 Apr 2014 23:32GMT

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The Incredible Adventures of the Dallas Tornado

The Incredible Adventures of the Dallas Tornado

The crazy story of the Dallas Tornado 1967 world tour.

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