08 Jul 2019 13:45:27
Edd 002 i wish you to answer this if you have some idea. I kno the importance of academies, but do academies are financially viable specially in top tier teams?

I wonder this because you can see some lower tear teams actually surviving just because they are feeding teams so that's their financial core. But id say in 80% or more cases in top tier teams the quantity of kids that make it its quite low. And then you see teams splashing hundreds of thousands $ in kids that don't make it plus the cost of facilities, staff contracts etc etc. does that 1 kid on a 100 (or more) that become a professional or that is sold for profit makes it financially for top tier clubs? Or Why not have just a reserve team which you feed with just a few kids that are about to break into senior football? do you think academies have been stablished for other reasons like for marketing, social responsability and being known in the community? were academies stablished as a global trend somewhere in time of have always existed?

Sorry, it was more like a lot of questions that once i started writing started to come to my mind. Stil correct me if im wrong whith my perception.

(Edd, Of course i mean the academies as the whole bunch of academies. Not just thinking about successful cases like nowdays monaco or chelsea who are top tiers and get huge profits from academies)

{Ed002's Note - It is not about the finances it is about the rules concerning youth sides that clubs must adhere to. The rules are complex and take in to account the club categories - but all Premier League teams have academies. The rules are also changing regularly and rules that were dropped (the 90 minute rule for example) may be looked at again. As you suggest, some academies even at the highest level produce players who go on to have successful careers.}

1.) 08 Jul 2019
08 Jul 2019 14:34:29
A number of clubs have dropped their academies below 16 years old due to lack of finances. I know Brentford did a couple of years ago and I’m sure I’ve read of other teams. With the FA compensation scheme rules now in place, the million pound transfers don’t really apply anymore unless the lad have signed long term contracts and made it all the way to the 1st team.

{Ed002's Note - Brentford are not in the Premier League.}

2.) 08 Jul 2019
08 Jul 2019 16:05:24
Brentford dropped their academy as the best 2 players were picked off by 2 premier clubs and only got £60k in compensation. They decided it was easier and cheaper to pick up castoffs themselves going forward.

The risk and reward ain't right for 'lesser' clubs.

3.) 09 Jul 2019
08 Jul 2019 23:55:23
Thank you edd. Interesting. Which may be the reason for the new UEFA rule of limiting loaned players to 8?

{Ed002's Note - No, it is nothing to do with that.}