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4 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Wonder if this is because we now can't sell Nelson.

Maybe slightly but if utd have actually come in with some money it wouldn’t have mattered if we also sold Nelson - no way we would have kept him - zero chance - he would always go anyway 

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I suppose that is what the academy is good for if you can keep selling players you bring through it. Would have been better if we didn’t get relegated and get more for him but will see how he gets on if he does move . 

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1 minute ago, Dan said:

Sums us up that he's wanted by that calibre of club and we shunned him for dross like Winks, Skipp and Soumare.

Outrageous he sat on the bench when Rowett took over.

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12 minutes ago, Dan said:

Sums us up that he's wanted by that calibre of club and we shunned him for dross like Winks, Skipp and Soumare.

He will just be loaned out to a league 2 club if any EPL team buys him or stuck on u21s etc. Sideways move only to be sold to a lower epl team in 2 seasons.

 

That said, if we are broke, we have to sell players who people want to actually buy

 

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Monga I expected but this one less so and will be absolutely gutting. Probably be enough for me to check out again

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I know it's a big club and all, but man Utd don't havexa great recent record with youngsters, do they?

 

This is just the football food chain in operation, unfortunately 

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So sad what’s happening to this football club.

Our starting 11 will have an average age on 31 before too long

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Worrying really and Martin probably knew this was happening with hindsight given we’ve prioritised players in his position broadly this window and he’s clearly gone for Skipp in the 6. Reality is he is unlikely to be first pick based on who we’ve signed and so we need to get every penny we can and a massive sell on. Shame he’s clearly gonna play right at the top level 

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17 minutes ago, Rubbersoul said:

Wanted by Man Utd but forced out of the squad for Joe Aribo last season. 

 

25 minutes ago, 1972 Fox said:

And continues to do so under Martin.

He will be going to Man U to play in their u21.

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Can’t blame him if he jumps ship with the state of the club. Nothing going to change with our owners. 

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23 minutes ago, Jattdogg said:

He will just be loaned out to a league 2 club if any EPL team buys him or stuck on u21s etc. Sideways move only to be sold to a lower epl team in 2 seasons.

 

That said, if we are broke, we have to sell players who people want to actually buy

 

Sideways move but gets sold to a lower EPL team in two seasonlol

 

It's unlikey we will be there so it's hardly sideways.

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He’s not going to get into Manchester United’s team for some time - if ever. 
 

A sensible approach would be to sell and agree a loan back for this season 

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16 minutes ago, jv1 said:

All talent developed at lower league clubs get sold to higher leagues if there any good - that’s the whole point of the blooming system- tells me the academy is in a decent place if we are banging out our 16 and 18 yr olds for 10m a piece to top prem clubs 

 

isnt that the whole point - the decent ones will always go upwards and you live as a club off the spoils - that’s 101 

I don't disagree on the point of having the best talent picked off by the top clubs, and would agree that the academy clearly is operating at the expected level. No one's saying if a club like Utd come along we can expect to keep our best young prospects even as a PL club, however, there's simply no chance whilst we're playing in L1. 

 

The point I was making was that if we were still a PL club these players are leaving for 3-4x the value. 

 

The other issue is that whilst we're down in the lower leagues, the less likely we are to attract the best young talent. The current crop are the result of being an established top half PL team. The next few generations will be nowhere near that level.

 

For example, Villa currently have academies operating in all the larger towns across Leicestershire hoovering up all the best young players. If you're either a young lad with talent or a parent of said youngster you're not picking a L1 club above a PL team who's competing at the top of their league and recently won a European trophy. 

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