Inside the world of professional autograph hunters: Kids are paid by parents to skip school and get players to sign shirts A footballer with multiple Champions League winners medals recalls how he often encountered the same young boy waiting at the gates of a Premier League club’s training ground whenever he left.
Footage shared online shows Guardiola blasting autograph hunters and told them not to approach him again.
Selling signed memorabilia is a lucrative business, with some football shirts going for four figures and now more than ever, independent sellers are popping up left, right and centre using social media to cash in.
Pep Guardiola giving autograph hunters a lecture!
Out of habit and sympathy for the youngster who would be there come rain or shine, he would roll down his window and sign a number of items.
