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    Human Traffic

    By Sam Kelly

    Friday, June 5, 2009

    The story was overshadowed somewhat by the Champions League final, but after the recent furore surrounding efforts to sign Carlos Tevez, attentive Manchester United fans may have been surprised to learn from one British newspaper that the club reached an agreement last month with a Brazilian agency to give them first refusal on any number of young Brazilians who - like Tevez - are registered not by their club, but by a company. The company in question is already hugely influential in football ...

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