And you guys thought Greg Oden had it bad.
According to the Guardian Lazio youth player Joseph Minala was accused by an African soccer website of taking 25 years off his passport in order to play for the Italian side. An investigation was launched by the Italian Football Association with the results stating that the player is as old as he says he is.
However a statement released by the Italian association on Wednesday confirmed that Minala has been cleared and is now free to resume his career. “The federal prosecutor has examined the report and ordered the investigation to be closed,” the statement read. “There are no doubts about his age. He is 17.”
I don’t know, I’m still unconvinced, what do you guys think?