Foot Solidaire:
‘Fifa “abandons” child trafficking campaign’, Guardian, 4 February 2010
‘Qatar finalists’, When Saturday Comes, March 2008
‘Premier League foreign players by club and country 1992–93 to 2014–15’, MyFootballFacts.com
Scout Network:
‘Mpong escapes death threat after refusing dodgy deal in Turkey’, Ghanasoccernet.com, 31 July 2012
‘Agent denies Mpong death threat story’, Modernghana.com, 15 August 2012
‘All set for Sunderland–Kotoko clash’, Sunderland AFC Facebook page, 12 July 2013
Drawing the Sting:
‘What is a bridge transfer?’ Lawinsport.com, 30 April 2014
‘Argentinian and Uruguayan clubs sanctioned for bridge transfers’, Fifa.com, 5 March 2014
‘I Have Integrity’:
‘World Cup turning moments: Cameroon stun Argentina in 1990’, Guardian, 12 February 2014
‘Fifa “abandons” child trafficking campaign’, Guardian, 4 February 2010
The Nowhere Men: the Unknown Story of Football’s True Talent Spotters, Michael Calvin, Century, 2013
‘Open trials’, Brentfordfc.co.uk, 23 August 2014
Slave Trade:
‘Modern slavery, child trafficking, and the rise of West African football academies’, James Esson, opendemocracy.net, 15 January 2015
‘Study on the transfer system in Europe 2011–2014’, European Club Association
‘Making football dreams come true’, BBC Sport, 17 October 2014
‘Football academies and the migration of African football labor to Europe’, Paul Darby, Gerard Akindes and Matthew Kirwin, Journal of Sport and Social Issues, May 2007
‘Arsenal face Fifa investigation’, BBC Newsnight, 1 June 2006
‘FA inquiry: Newsnight statement’, BBC, 23 June 2006
Out of Africa:
Sport and Migration: Borders, Boundaries and Crossings, edited by Joseph Maguire and Mark Falcous, Routledge, 2010
‘The scandal of Africa’s trafficked players’, Guardian, 6 January 2008
‘Europe’s ethical dilemma over migrants’, BBC News, 3 January 2015
‘Fighters exploit trafficking routes to get into Europe’, The Times, 4 February 2015
The Forsythe Saga:
‘Football match-fixing deal casts cloud over World Cup’, Daily Telegraph, 23 June 2014
‘Football match-fixing: the key figures’, Daily Telegraph, 23 June 2014
‘We Don’t Care Who You Are’:
‘Fifa’s new transfer system will cut through “jungle”’, Daily Telegraph, 24 February 2010
‘Barcelona transfer ban: La Liga giants cannot sign players until 2016 after CAS reject appeal’, Independent, 30 December 2014
‘Thousands of children have been traded already’, Sport Executive magazine, February 2015
‘Danish football club reported to FIFA for trafficking of young players’, Playthegame.org, 23 February 2007
‘Chelsea hit by transfer ban for stealing young French star’, Daily Mail, 6 September 2009
Aspire:
‘Fifa whistleblower Phaedra Al-Majid fears for her safety’, BBC Sport, 20 November 2014
‘Qatar’s bid for soccer respect’, New York Times, 14 July 2014
‘Qatari soccer empire buys a foothold in Europe’, New York Times, 15 July 2014
‘FIFA whistleblower Phaedra Al-Majid: I will have to look over my shoulder for rest of my life after revelations over World Cup bids . . . I have already had FBI agents at my door’, Daily Mail, 20 November 2014
‘Qatar handball team coach faces questions over foreign players’, BBC News, 29 January 2015
‘Qatar finalists’, When Saturday Comes, March 2008
‘Fifa Chief Sepp Blatter expresses support for Aspire’s vision and mission’, Albawaba.com, 14 February 2008
‘Aspire Africa Football Dreams – largest football talent search in history launched in Qatar’, PR Newswire, 19 April 2007
‘Sepp Blatter: Qatar World Cup workers’ welfare is not Fifa’s responsibility’, Guardian, 2 December 2014
‘How Qatar became a world force’, Guardian, 18 November 2013
‘World Cup chief asked for favours from Qatar’, Daily Telegraph, 7 July 2015
‘Thailand FA chief handed suspended jail term’, Associated Press, 23 July 2015
‘Fifa boss’s secret World Cup deal with Qataris’, Sunday Times, 12 April 2015
‘Please Help Me’:
‘The dark side of football transfers’, Daily Telegraph, 31 December 2014
Lost Boys:
‘Wave of violence hits Guinea’, christiantoday.co.uk, 1 August 2013
‘Trafficking for forced criminal activities and begging in Europe’, Anti-Slavery International, September 2014
‘Better off at home? Rethinking responses to trafficked West African footballers in Europe’, James Esson, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2014
Searching for the Truth:
‘The muscle drain of African players to Europe: trade or trafficking?’, Jonas Scherrens, 2006–07
‘The lost continent’, When Saturday Comes, August 1997
Amane’s Story:
United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Smuggling of Migrants from West Africa to Europe, 2008–2011
The Perfect Storm:
‘Football agent rule changes “could leave young players exploited”’, BBC Sport, 1 April 2015
‘Football agents want to regulate themselves and warn against Fifa’s “irresponsible” plans, Daily Mirror, 16 November 2013
‘Football agents fear “Wild West”’, Guardian, 13 March 2015
The End:
‘Fear of forced initiation into the Poro secret society in Freetown’, Country of Origin Research and Information (CORI), refworld.org, 6 March 2009
‘Watford manager backs player at asylum tribunal’, Guardian, 26 November 2007
‘Bangoura looks to football future’, BBC Sport, 5 April 2006
‘A sudden jolt of violence and a bloody corpse’, Independent, 30 May 2010