Where are the local kids who become world class players?
It’s easy to buy top talents from every country in the world and call them your own.
In my opinion Leeds and West Ham’s academy have brought forth more stars than united or Chelsea in the last 15 years.
Tell me who have homegrown stars in their squads?
You speak ill of Liverpool’s youth academy yet Gerrard and Carragher are local lads who’ve made it.
As for the smaller clubs like Ajax… don’t make me start listing the legends, yes local lads, they brought forth.
the players are their own… they’ve signed them at an early age and are trying to make sure sure they develop into world class players - world class potential does not equate world class players. disregarding the clubs contribution to the development of these children just because they are foreign is like saying people who adopt haven’t really raised their kids - most of chelsea and uniteds youth players are english anyways
im not sure what point you are trying to make about leeds and west ham - its a given they’ve produced more great players than chelseas, chelsea didn’t even start focusing on youth development until about 5 years ago, before that the only notable academy graduate was john terry
as for united: beckham, wes brown, giggs, scholes, the neville brothers etc. etc. etc.
The players are not at an age to make such decisions for themselves, let them become 18 at least.
As long as they pay the parents a reasonable sum of money they’ll agree even if it’s bad to take youngsters from their environment and everything they’re familiar with.
Chelsea’s been violating the rules recently by approaching young players in a non official way that ended up with a transfer ban.
You said that smaller clubs will suffer more when the Fifa will apply the new rules because they lack a world class youth setup right?
When has Chelsea or United brought forth another Beckham or Terry?
The Dutch have brought forth many top players over the recent year which is impressive, especially since our population only counts 16 million people.
Every generation counts at least a handful of gems, good example of Ajax’ last generation is Sneijder who’s Mourinho’s architect at current triple winner Internazionale.
I don’t even need to mention the talents from other clubs besides Ajax.
If you’re implying that both Brazil and United are akin to the Lakers because all these teams have a number of championships, then yes, you are correct.
