Everton banned from signing academy players after tapping up school boy

They will be banned for two years

Everton have been handed a two year suspension from signing players aged 10-18 after being found guilty of breaking Premier League tapping-up rules. According to Telegraph Sport, Everton have also been fined £50,000 for tapping-up a school boy who now plays for Manchester United. The Premier League said in a statement: "The Premier League has sanctioned Everton FC for breaching Academy player recruitment rules. "The Premier League received evidence alleging that Everton Academy staff offered inducements to a player and his family to encourage the player to register with the club. When presented with this information, Everton immediately admitted the allegations and set up its own internal inquiry which established that similar misconduct had occurred in relation to six other Academy players. "In certain cases, it was found that the club provided false information to the League when questions had previously been raised about the circumstances in which Academy players registered with the club.