A young lad turned up alone at the reception desk at White Hart Lane a few years ago saying that he had come from overseas. He was expecting a trial at Tottenham Hotspur.
The boy, who seemed to be in his teens, claimed that he had already had a trial with one London team and the Premier League club would be his second. Alarm bells rang. There was no trial. The other London club was contacted and confirmed that there had been no trial for the youngster. Spurs’ safeguarding procedures kicked in. The police and local authorities were contacted, as well as officials at the French embassy because the boy spoke the language. It was established that his parents had allowed him to travel to
