The leaks make claims about how far Manchester City were willing to go to secure emerging talent

Manchester City are facing allegations of a breach of Premier League and Fifa rules by paying six-figure sums to the families of young players. The club also face a one-year transfer ban over the signing of eight players aged under 18 from overseas.

Documents obtained by Football Leaks illustrate the lengths to which City are alleged to have gone in order to secure promising young players. The family of the Belgium defender Mathias Bossaerts was allegedly paid £190,000 and documents in the hands of the European Investigative Collaborations, a group of media outlets on the continent, show that the club were willing to pay £10,000 in relocation costs to the family of a boy still playing under-eight football.

As reported by The Times yesterday, Chelsea