Cameroon

[Numero Uno]

TWENTY ONE players removed from their Under 17 Squad for failing MRI scans (i.e. they were proven to be nearer 27 than 17!!).

[candygram for mongo]

Reminds me of when my lad played for City under 11’s v Millwall, they had a 6 footer playing who everyone thought was one of the coaches.

[Northern Red]

Always the ones you least expect....

[BigTone]

3 hours ago, Numero Uno said:

TWENTY ONE players removed from their Under 17 Squad for failing MRI scans (i.e. they were proven to be nearer 27 than 17!!).

Not for the first time if I recall

[Mendip City]

4 hours ago, Numero Uno said:

TWENTY ONE players removed from their Under 17 Squad for failing MRI scans (i.e. they were proven to be nearer 27 than 17!!).

I assume Roger Milla was in the squad? 

[CiderCraig]

1 hour ago, Mendip City said:

I assume Roger Milla was in the squad? 

No, he was deemed too young to appear!

[Unan]

Cameroon Football has been rocked by further controversy as 11 further Under-17 players have failed age tests, bringing the total number up to 32.

The African nation's Under-17 team are preparing for the UNIFACC tournament - contested by the Under-17 sides of Central African Football Federations' Union countries.

Samuel Eto'o - who is president of the country's governing body, Fecafoot - called for all players selected for their youth side to undergo MRI tests to determine players' age in an attempt to deal with the rising problem of age fraud in the country.

[SinéadB]

It's also tricky because a lot of these people won't actually know how old they are or what their birthday is. It's common, so people just end up guessing.  (Also loads of Africans have their date of birth as Jan 1st as they don't know!) 

Not sure how accurate MRI scans are either.

I'm sure some might be faking it but it's much more complex than it seems in this country imo.