The lost boys : inside football's slave trade
Hawkins, Ed, (Journalist)2015
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Total copies: 1
From South America and Africa, kids as young as 13 are leaving poverty-stricken families for a new life in Europe, having been sold the vision of untold riches and the trappings of professional football. This is football's slave trade - the beautiful game turned ugly. Talent-spotted by scouts, these kids are told they could be 'the next big thing'. But the reality is very different. Having spent their family's life savings to join a much-hyped academy, they soon discover the academies barely exist and that they have been exploited. Only a tiny percentage of the hopefuls are chosen just to be coached for the slim chance of a professional contract; the rest are abandoned. With no money to go home - let alone the confidence to face their heartbroken families - the Lost Boys find themselves stuck in the country they have been trafficked to, with crime often their only means of survival.
Main title:
The lost boys : inside football's slave trade / Ed Hawkins.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2015.
Collation:
ix, 276 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781472914934 (hbk)1472914937 (hbk)9781472914958 (ebook)
Dewey class:
796.334 HAW796.334
LC class:
GV943
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
281685