Potential legal battles are no mystery to Manchester City, who have spent many months under inspection from the Premier League for an alleged breach of up to 115 Financial Fair Play rules. If Valladolid’s statement is true, there could be immensely negative ramifications for City.

Manchester City look set to sign teenage breakout Juma Bah from Real Valladolid, but La Pucela have come out to condemn their move. Rather than agreeing a transfer fee between the two clubs, City

Spanish side Real Valladolid said on Wednesday that Premier League team Manchester City had tapped up defender Abdulai Juma Bah and accused the 18-year-old of breaching his contract.

Manchester City have been accused of advising one of their top defensive targets to terminate his contract with Spanish club Real Valladolid.

Manchester City have been accused of tapping up teenage defender Juma Bah by his club Real Valladolid. The Spanish side say the 18-year-old and his agent told them on Tuesday he would be unilaterally terminating his contract and that the player from Sierra Leone then failed to report for training on Wednesday morning.

Real Valladolid have accused Manchester City of “appearing to advise” their centre-back Juma Bah to “breach his contract” in order to sign for the Premier League side. The 18-year-old joined Valladolid initially on a loan deal this summer from Sierra Leone club AIK Freetong — which the Spanish club say was made permanent on January 1 — signing a youth-team contract but being promoted to the first-team squad in September after playing one match for their reserve team.

Real Valladolid have accused young defender Juma Bah of breaching his contract after being tapped up by Manchester City and threatened legal action.

PSG vs Manchester City LIVE. Manchester City have been threatened with legal action after being accused by Real Valladolid of tapping up teenage defender Juma Bah. The Spanish clu

One of Manchester City's many January signings has been accused of pushing through his transfer by illicit means.