---Nemo---
Striker
Spot on. It's disgusting, designed to keep the big boys out of the shit. Academy failing?....no bother, help yourself to your neighbours wonder kid for peanuts.Pretty much everything posted so far, and I'll add the ability of the bigger clubs to whisk away the talent that has progressed through a teams academy when they turn 17 for peanuts.
This has happened to us (West Brom) so many times recently, the supposed very good Villa academy players has at least 5 or 6 players they stole from us. Man City, Chelsea & Barcalona have all knicked our kids!.. Now I don't blame these kids for moving to where the money is, but clubs should pay proper compensation, not the current paltry 250K.