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Grappling with inter-tribal football transfers

By BETHUEL ODUO

One fine weekend, during the 2012 transfer window, a delegation of three ‘scouts’ from a leading community club made a bold move. They visited the parents of a budding striker, who played for a rival team, to persuade his parents that the young man should join their club.

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