Gazetta dello Sport claims Yusupha Yaffa lied to Italian authorities upon arriving from Gambia in 2009, insisting he was 13 years old when he was actually 22.

AC Milan is taking former academy player Yusupha Yaffa to court following allegations he told the club he was nine years younger than his real age.



Yaffa arrived in Italy in 2009 seeking asylum from Gambia and, according to Gazetta dello Sport, lost his identity papers and claimed his age was 13, when his actual age is said to have been 22.

A move to the Milan academy followed in 2013 when he was presumed to be 16 years old with a birthday of December 31, 1997, but an investigation puts his real birthday as February 14, 1987.



Yaffa, who is now on loan at German outfit MSV Duisburg from Eintracht Frankfurt, spent three years with Milan and became a regular in their Under-19 set-up before leaving 12 months ago.

The striker faces fraud charges in Italy after reportedly raising suspicions over his age with comments made on Facebook regarding his schooling and multiple queries from former school friends.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/13712/extra-time/2016/01/18/19461762/ac-milan-to-sue-ex-academy-star-as-he-is-28-not-19?utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nairaland.com%2Fsearch%2Flalasticlala%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F5

how gullible was the administration of club to believe a 22 year old was actually 13

Fishes and water,africans and age falsification..

chukzzy1:


They believe africans are "over-matured"

But at least they should be able to decipher that he could never be 13 at that time. That's like a Corper posing like a JSS3 student

na today them know? ask mourihno about samuel eto'o, e go tell u.

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Thank God he's not a Nigerian.

Oh My Milan!

These oyibos sef. How can they believe this guy by mere looking at him?

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end time falsification... *shines teeth*

Na today?

In this case, we can start suing all those Nollywood grandma and grandpa claiming to be youth corps and young ladies and guys anytime they are on heavy makeover!

That one is televised fraud!

musta been a really big 13 year old

Is he related to LAI MOHAMMED?

Mikel obi and others, watch out for it...

Chai. Scapegoat.

U get mind o. 9years? C'mmon mehnnnnn.

lol

How them go belief say this baba na 18. He resemble 42.Make them check well.lol

He couldn't think of 2 - 3 yrs difference, he had to go for 9 yrs lounloun.



He don chop am finish.....

Ufranklin92:

Fool

shaii...
Dat comment pain u abii??...

If the guy is 28 ....how old is diego costa of chelsea for realz?

abeg dey shud leave the dude alone joonr,age amendment is allow in court of law,bcuz pple dont hav their age record due 2 parents negligence.dts y alvidavit comes in.i myself am 46 yrs and claimin to b 26yrs,i married my wyf wen she was 22yrs.in her mind she taught am just 4yrs older than her cuz i have gud shade babyface,so anytym she play a prank on me.in my mind i wil say c dis gal ooo,she is playin prank on her grandfather.gbaaam!

Good for him anyway.