Premier League youth players targeted by Snapchat groomers posing as agents

Scale of new online menace facing young footballers revealed by pioneering project at Everton’s academy

Paedophiles are targeting Premier League youth players on Snapchat by posing as football agents and scouts in a bid to groom and entrap them.

Adam Green, head of safeguarding at Everton, said that last season young players at the club revealed they had been approached through the messaging app by men who claimed they wanted to sign or represent them.

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