The sad truth is that most youth products don't make it, the financial truth is, if developed enough and with strategic loaning, they are a good revenue source.
I get what you are saying and yet...the players at the best teams come from somewhere.
I'd love to take a look at the top 6 teams in England, for maybe the final 16 in the Champions League, and ID the developing club for each of their 25 top squad members. I wonder who the leaders would be. A club in South America or Africa, maybe?
Conversely, over the past 10 years, who are the first team players playing in more than 10 matches (in the Premiership) who were developed by Liverpool?
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