Barcelona bought him but never paid up as they said they were skint!! He lasted a year then went to the Villa he now on loan at Swindon Town
Raino85
Player Valuation: £35m
Thats all well and food, but if every club takes up the same mantra like Chelsea, City etc, does it not just turn it into an unofficial under 16 league?
Abit like the under 23 league, most clubs only play under 18/19 year olds. So its basically an under 19 league with knowere for anyone over 19 to go
Raino85
Player Valuation: £35m
Young lads look at city & chelsea acadamys abit like how american kids treat colleges for sport.
Its not about game time or pathway to first team. But the facilities, coaches & experience are that elite that they are more than happy to go there for 2/3 years and then with that experience & coaching under there belt go and find another club for there next stage of there career. Sure the cream will come through like Foden & Mount but these too are perfectly happy, and more impirtantly honest to the kids about what going to these acadamys entails.
Raino85
Player Valuation: £35m
Wasent there a kid that went to Chelsea too? Came up in the same team as Solanke?
Izzy Brown?
And obviously we nicked Thierry Small off West Brom at 11.
I think Morgan Rogers at City who was excellent at Lincoln last year but stalled at Bournemouth this year under Parker was at West Brom too
Yes Izzy Brown, released by Preston yesterday so no club as we speak. Morgan Rogers was with us but at least we got 7 million for him from City. This Cleary lad actually walked out on us before in the 2019/20 season but couldn't find a club so we agreed to take him back, I'm hearing he got no club lined up at the moment so he taking another risk .
A bit more on Reyes Cleary
I'm faster than him and I'm 62 with a metal hip ?
Cool, you’re faster than Rondon , can you make the bench Sunday?
Its a strange business with Academy players , we could lose two of our best u16s which doesn’t seem right , but could be poaching another Academy’s player. Views then differ , depending on which end of the transaction you are on.
We don’t often pick up young players when it’s signposted in advance , usually it’s a done deal by the time it’s public knowledge. I would say though that usually we like to be fair and agree a price often over the odds with add ons, as opposed to letting it go to a Tribunal for a cheaper price. I quite like that, it shows integrity, but part of me wishes we had a more ruthless, money making approach like others have.
We loose about half a dozen a year and most go to Villa, Cleary is a strange one as he not got a club yet unless he just making out he hasn't
mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
Get him in the squad next year with Price. We need the midfield bulk.
mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
a midfielder of any description that doesn't take 3 touches to control it and then pass it backwards will be good to see
He certainly offers something different in terms of his energy, and carrying the ball forward from the back. It’s League2 stuff so we can’t get carried away but he‘s earned a further contract - and refreshingly from his Tweets he’s committed to our club and the relegation fight.
mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
should be an opportunity for him to win a place in the squad next season, i expect a lot of turnover this summer whether we stay up or go down.
A dilemma. We’ve been so crap at times , we need changes . I like Warrington, I just don’t feel he’s ready to make a step up next season in either PL or getting us out of the Championship.
