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Manchester United have beaten Liverpool and Chelsea in the race for 14-year-old Burnley striker John Cofie and agreed an undisclosed fee with the Clarets.
Burnley rejected a reported £250,000 bid from Liverpool for Cofie this week.
But the German-born Ghanaian refused to return to training with the Clarets and they agreed he could leave Turf Moor.
Burnley have inserted a 25% sell-on clause in the deal, which also gives them first refusal on any loan deal and a future friendly match with United.
It will be three years before Cofie can sign professional terms at Old Trafford and the friendly game will take place within 12 months of that.
Cofie was signed by the Clarets last summer after he was spotted at a youth tournament in Germany.
"The player was unwilling to come back to Burnley so we didn't have a choice in keeping him here," Burnley operational director Brendan Flood told his club's website.
"He was going to go to one of the clubs chasing his signature and in the end, we all felt that Manchester United was the right option.
"He has a good future ahead of him and hopefully we can try and keep youngsters of John's quality at the club in future."
The random 606 comment being:
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"he kid's only 14. The age players can be bought should be at least 16. Let him mature a bit "
Now, not having a pop at United in particular, as it quite easily could have been Chelsea or someone, but I find this whole situation wrong for some reason, and in my current manflu ridden state, can't quite put together exactly why.
Sure the 14yr old shouldn't be prevented from joining a bigger club, but it just seems as though it's going to be even harder for smaller clubs to ever bring through good talent?
I've no idea if I'm even sitting on the fence so discuss away whist I get high on sinex xx
Well if he want to go to a bigger better club with superior facilities and probably training, that will increase his chances of becoming a pro, then it's entirely his decision. No reason why he should stay just so Burnley (or any other club) might get a future player. Same goes outside football or in any field really.
Very similar name to the guy out of The Green Mile. Hated that film. Soppy, over-emotional bullsh*t. Was massively cheering on that evil guard who stamped on the guy's mouse.
Originally posted by Satan, look at my pert arse!:
Well if he want to go to a bigger better club with superior facilities and probably training, that will increase his chances of becoming a pro, then it's entirely his decision. No reason why he should stay just so Burnley (or any other club) might get a future player. Same goes outside football or in any field really.
Originally posted by Satan, look at my pert arse!:
Well if he want to go to a bigger better club with superior facilities and probably training, that will increase his chances of becoming a pro, then it's entirely his decision. No reason why he should stay just so Burnley (or any other club) might get a future player. Same goes outside football or in any field really.
yea I agree with that, which is why I can't work out why I have a problem with this.
Man Utd capture 14-year-old Cofie 
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