Man City banned from transferring young players for two years

The Etihad Stadium club's youth academy has been banned from signing new players for two years and fined $389,000.

The punishment is due to Man City breaching Premier League transfer rules. The club was found to have approached the parents of two young players who had signed for other clubs. Man City's punishment will be increased if they re-offend within three years after June 30, 2018.

Man City cannot recruit young players in the next two years.

The above regulation applies to all youth players who have been registered with Premier League clubs within the last 18 months.In April, it was reported that the Premier League were considering two moves for Man City youngsters, including an 11-year-old from Everton and a 15-year-old from Wolverhampton Wanderers. Man City have not commented on the matter.

Man City's youth teams have reached the FA Youth Cup final in each of the last three seasons and are highly rated among Premier League teams.

Liverpool were also fined for a similar offence when they illegally approached a 12-year-old player from Stoke City's academy.

An investigation found that Liverpool representatives met the boy and his family before they were allowed to. The club also paid for the boy and some of his family to travel to Anfield to watch the match.

Liverpool offered to pay the youngster's tuition fees, something Stoke did at the time. This breached new Premier League rules that all academy players should be given the same rights, with no preferential treatment.

According to VNE