Poor boy,
he could be saying the truth, some Senegalese website claimed his real age is
41 not 17 as stated in his documents.
Marie
Minala who is 17 plays for Italian club Lazio He denied that report but that
didn't stop people from raining insults on him.
His club Lazio were forced to release official documents and threaten legal action to prove a youth team player was still a teenager and not in his 40s.The Italian club and Minala's agent rubbished claims that he was a cheat, producing the paper work to prove he was the correct age.Lazio denounce this latest attempt from hostile figures to throw a sinister light on this club,' said a club statement.
His club Lazio were forced to release official documents and threaten legal action to prove a youth team player was still a teenager and not in his 40s.The Italian club and Minala's agent rubbished claims that he was a cheat, producing the paper work to prove he was the correct age.Lazio denounce this latest attempt from hostile figures to throw a sinister light on this club,' said a club statement.
'We reserve
the right to take action against those responsible for the protection of the
good name of the company and the footballer.'
His agent,
Diego Tavano, told Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport:
'He
had a difficult time growing up. If you talk to him you’ll realise he is in
every way a 17-year-old lad.
The Cameroonian attacking midfielder joined the Roman giants last August
and has impressed at youth level.
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