The Daily Mail report United 'fighting back':
Manchester United have furiously denied allegations they have offered bribes to sign young players.
United defended their reputation in a strongly-worded statement, dismissing claims by Le Havre president Jean-Pierre Louvel that the estranged parents of French teenager Paul Pogba were paid more than £85,000 each to lure the 16-year-old to Old Trafford last month, and that the family were also offered a house in Manchester.
The controversy escalated as United were being linked with a move for another French prodigy,
The statement read: 'Manchester United wish to categorically confirm that as a matter of club policy and in accordance with the applicable regulations, they do not offer inducements to the parents of players that sign for the club.
'Manchester United has today written to
taken if such allegations are repeated in relation to the transfer of Paul Pogba.'
It is a bold statement from United coming so soon after Chelsea were hit with a transfer embargo after FIFA found them guilty of inducing Gael Kakuta to break his contract with Lens in 2007.
United have already sparked anger in
Fiorentina's Michele Fornasier, Empoli duo Alberto Massacci and Manuel Pucciarelli, and Roma's Davide Petrucci, and could face more trouble from the French if reports of their interest in Etari, a France Under-17 midfielder from