How can you tell the age of a footballer?

Search no more, after several scandals, FIFA have introduced "Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)" [/b]scans to start checking the age of younger players .

According to report some players and teams have been accused of bending the truth. It was learn that teams from Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Congo-Brazzaville and Kenya have been hit with age scandals in recent years.

BBC correspondent [b]Munthoni Muchiri [/b]talks about age fraud in football and explained how the MRI works. Football governing body [b]FIFA introduce the MRI scan to check the age of players.

But basically, the MRI scan look at the development of the bone area in the wrist joint. This means that if the bones have fixed together in this area, FIFA says this usually means the player is over 17 years.

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Are we not finished like dis?.....

If you believe Nigeria will still find a way to beat the machine raise your hand up

so, what have they been using all this while? as long as it is human that is operating it, people will still find a way around it


modified: And why is everybody shouting African players as if we are the only ones, forget oyinbo dey cheat too

Interesting

African footballers will be worse hit...

Btw I thought the MRI Scan had been in use before now.


Let's see if they will now go for raw young talents.

O di egwu

Good one!

I once read a report that Phillip Osondu of the 1985 golden eaglet played for under 17 in 1985 whereas he was 26 years old in 1985 , where is Phillip Osondu sef

Lol... it will not work trust me

That was how Taye Taiwo was celebrating 23 years birthday in Europe and his twin brother was celebrating 34 in Nigeria.
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Good thinking. Good product

Waw

Nonsense! So it can't say the actual age. It can only tell if a player is over 17? So whats difference does it make then?
That means old Papa of 35 years claiming 25 years as football age, still cant be detected with this machine cos ut only tells that he's older than 17 years.
Radaada oshi...

Well, it can only work for those in Under 17 teams sha.
The 20s claiming to be under 17..

Most african abroad based players right now....

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People will start doslodging their wrist bone

Hmm. This would be the end of most agbalagbas in the under 17 team.

Uhmmmmmm.........made fr African players

Good for us

Nice move by FIFA

Nice one

Diswan no go favour our U17

hehehe African teams should respectfully opt out of fifa under 17 championship.
or risk humiliation

This is the beginning of the end of African players

Don't push our guys to start breaking their wrist before trials oooo