One Premier League hopeful has convinced his agent to build his Mum a £300,000 house in the Caribbean!
In a report on pushy parents, The Sun highlights the example of a young Premier League striker who was looking to move on to a bigger club at 17.
His mother invited four top football agencies to 'interview' for the chance to represent her son and therefore get on the gravy train.
When each of the four agents sat down to discuss the young man's career prospects they were shocked to be presented with a piece of paper.
On it was a drawing of a plot of land in the Caribbean where they must agree to pay for the building of a £300k house for the mother.
The refusal to do so ruled three of the agents out right away. The fourth, however, got the player and became Bob the Builder at the same time. In this case, it was the agent who provided the financial incentive but it is more common for clubs to do exactly the same.