jesperjaap
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I think this is the way to go for sustained success in the future. There is too much TV money for the big teams to continue to poach players off small teams for cheap as has been the way in the past. The crazy amounts being asked for average players just makes me think you need to build through the youth system and only use big money transfers to fill a hole (injury/no youth player ready) or take advantage of an opportunity when it presents itself (free or player/club wants out of a bad situation).
The future?, its been happening for pretty much a decade. Thing is, look at City and Chelsea, how may have broken through? Maybe good for the clubs, they still generally make a profit so if 1 from 50 makes it, its all good, but destroyed a few careers.
We have been doing it as well Januzaj, Perreira mildly successful but even we havent done so well from it, Rafael is the last foreign youth player I can remember playing regularly, yet we have had a lot of success with British youth players