Man City and Chelsea have the best youth academies in England by far.
I don't know if Kane is the best striker but he certainly fits the team he is on the best.
Midfielder is also a very broad term.
I think Kane stays too, he's probably the easiest to keep a hold of because of his ties to the club, but still if you have Alli, Dier, and Eriksen leave and someone like United or Madrid comes and says they'll triple his salary, that's a hard offer to turn down.
That's arguable. Neither have really produced anything. If you go ahead and list the top 3 players all the academies in England have produced in the past decade, City/Chelsea wouldn't be that impressive.
City's youth academy is the best in England by far, yes. Possibly even in the world. Anyone who watched U-18 football can see it.
City's youth academy is the best in England by far, yes. Possibly even in the world. Anyone who watched U-18 football can see it.
City finished 3rd in a search for home grown talent whom made minutes in the Premier League this past season. Tottenham and United finished #2 and #1 respectively. Ajax and Feyenoord finished 10th and 11th and are the first international sides to reach the list.
City buys a lot of players at a young age and loan them out as much as possible whenever they hit their late teens. That's not educating. I believe they have 30 loan outs each season.
City isn't near the level of the educational systems of an Ajax or a Barcelona.
They haven't developed anybody of note though. With all of their resources, you would assume there would be a star somewhere along the lines.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...-220-million-summer-spending-spree-puts-back/
The Telegraph is running a story that in short says UEFA wants to stop City and PSG from spending so much money.
- Sportitalia concludes that Juventus and Arsenal are going after Udinese midfielder Jakub Jankto, according to his agent.
City developed Sturridge and Joe Hart, then the new owners ripped apart their youth academy so obviously they haven't developed anyone since.
Yeah. Totally makes sense. Only Real, Barca or United should be able to spend crazy money on average players. God forbid PSG spending crazy money on a top player.
Are you saying that Man City and PSG (if they sign Neymar) aren't taking it to new levels?
City developed Sturridge and Joe Hart, then the new owners ripped apart their youth academy so obviously they haven't developed anyone since.
I was talking about right at this moment. Other teams developed players 10-15 years ago but I'm not talking about that. Of course some of their youth players were purchased at age 13-14. But there's definitely some future stars there. Sancho and Diaz being the most obvious ones.
In terms of in England I'd much rather have their academy than the other teams.