Manchester City 'made banned £200,000 Jadon Sancho agent payment'

Manchester City made a prohibited installment of £200,000 to Jadon Sancho's specialist when the England winger was 14 years of age, as indicated by Der Spiegel.

The German magazine claims City made the installment to Emeka Obasi when they marked Sancho, presently at Borussia Dortmund, from Watford in March 2015.

Football Association rules state youthful players can't be spoken to by an operator until the year they turn 16.

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London-brought into the world Sancho, 18, joined City as a 14-year-old, when the Premier League champions paid £66,000 in pay to Watford.

Principles likewise state clubs are not allowed to offer budgetary affectations to a player under 16.

Der Spiegel - which has distributed a progression of disclosures lately, including charges City beguiled Uefa over money related reasonable play (FFP) rules - claims the club composed a letter to Sancho's dad which laid out the amount they were eager to pay the player once he turned proficient.

The magazine additionally says a City legal counselor was "frightened" the letter could be considered as a money related offer and in this way defying the guidelines about offering affectations.

Der Spiegel asserts City paid £200,000 to Obasi as a major aspect of an exploring contract to discover players in focal and South America. It guarantees the installment was in reality in connection to Sancho's exchange from Watford.

Sancho never showed up for City before moving to German goliaths Dortmund for £8m in August 2017.

He has been one of the star players for the Bundesliga pioneers this season, with the club portraying him as "a standout amongst the most energizing players in Europe" when they reported he had marked another long haul contract in October.

In April 2017, Liverpool were fined £100,000 by the Premier League and gave a two-year restriction on marking foundation players from different clubs for offering actuations to a 12-year-old institute player at Stoke City.

BBC Sport has reached Sancho's agents for input.