Maybe this has something to do with it?
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/top-football-clubs-in-battle-to-sign-11yearold-prodigy-541856.html
Adam's father, Ronnie, 41, a community sports worker, who was once a schoolboy player for Everton, said: "I've stopped taking Adam to games now because I just get pestered by agents and club officials all the time; they talk through the match. I want him to wait until he is old enough to cope with the knocks as well as the luxuries that football brings."