Father puts up his son's loyalty for a football team on auction

Ian Charters, pictured with mum Jo, is auctioning his baby son Eddie's football allegiance on eBay

When they say that you can’t buy fans with money, tell them they are wrong because now it seems you can!

30-year-old Ian Charters is putting up his son Eddie’s loyalty to a club for auction on eBay who will be allowed to choose either Manchester United or Manchester City for the seven-month-old.

According to BBC Sports, Charters, who hails from Greater Manchester, wishes to raise money for the Bliss Charity, a charity for babies who are born prematurely. Charters’ son, Eddie was born six weeks prior to the expected date and was forced to undergo his recovery at a hospital as he struggled with jaundice and other health problems.

Loyalty up for auction mate!

A Watford fan himself, Cheadle insisted that his son would never support his team. "There's no chance he will support my team," he says. "Being a Watford fan is not going to happen. My dad supports Dumbarton and I don't care about them. If he's from here he's going to be United or City.

"Eddie was an emergency caesarian section and he was very ill for a couple of weeks. I wanted to do something for the Bliss Charity and so I am going to run the London Marathon next year. I set myself a target of £2,500 and was thinking of ways to raise money when this popped into my head."

"It's a bit of fun,” he continued. “I'll buy him a shirt and when he's old enough I'll take him to a match. I'll make sure he supports them. It's mostly City fans where we live but it's 50/50 at work. Everyone thinks it's a good idea”

"I live in Greater Manchester, but originally come from down south so I have no affiliation with either of the Manchester clubs. I'll be fighting a losing battle trying to get my son to support my team (Watford). Frankly, I wouldn't want to inflict that on the poor child anyway," he added.

The auction will be up and running from Thursday.