Ask W.Ham, S'hampton, Crewe...

They have decades of experience in training young kids to top division, first team standards. Time and time again.

Chelsea just buy "this years" wonderkids, then spend 30mil on Millian, Eto, De Bruyn etc. So Gael Kakuta et al don't get a look.
Name me 3x Chelsea players in the last 30yrs that came from a 10yrold to first team regular?

I reckon, if you add up the potential transfer fees for W.Ham, they would conclude that the Academy has been extremely successful and great value for money. Chelsea can't say the same, but then, they had the money to snap up Victor Moses when he grew up.

All comes down to coaching, simple as. If you have great coaches, they'll have more chance of getting a great young prospect at the end of it.

Nice post.

Posted By: chuftncfc on October 10th 2013 at 14:05:46

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How do the costs compare of bringing a player through the academy (Other Football) - Maillot Jaune, Oct 10, 11:31:51
- Ask W.Ham, S'hampton, Crewe... (Other Football) - chuftncfc, Oct 10, 14:05:46
- to get a fair comparision of costs you'd have to factor in the cost to cover those that fa (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 10, 11:36:22
  - We got redders cheap though because of the financial situation at Brum (Other Football) - Maillot Jaune, Oct 10, 11:54:27

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