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Originally Posted by Woosie
A player can be offered a pro deal at pretty much any age. The contract only comes into force on the 17th birthday.
A lot of players these days sign scholarships (aged 16) with pro deals attached. Kian Flanagan did that for us when he signed. Nya Kirby the same. Francis Baptiste may have been another.
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Thanks for this.
And presumably that means until the 17th birthday the player can be poached for relative peanuts (compensation) still? It's not the offering or signing of the pro contract that's the crucial bit, it's the pro contract coming into force?