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Today's Football - 2023/2024 Season

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twoblue said:
Garner and Branthwaite aren't homegrown, but I see your point.
The thing about bringing a couple of players into the periphery of the first team each season is that it attracts decent money when we sell them on for FFP. Simms last season was a good example.
RS do it, Aston villa have recently got good at this. They sell their top youth players at decent salaries but with buyback options. This is a savvy way to deal with FFP.
We need to regain our reputation with Rooney, Rodwell, and Barkley. The latter two failed to make waves on leaving, but they were all seen as big English prospects.
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What if we just don't have anyone that we can bring through, we can't just give minutes to anyone in hopes of someone wanting to buy them.
 

twoblue said:
Garner and Branthwaite aren't homegrown, but I see your point.
The thing about bringing a couple of players into the periphery of the first team each season is that it attracts decent money when we sell them on for FFP. Simms last season was a good example.
RS do it, Aston villa have recently got good at this. They sell their top youth players at decent salaries but with buyback options. This is a savvy way to deal with FFP.
We need to regain our reputation with Rooney, Rodwell, and Barkley. The latter two failed to make waves on leaving, but they were all seen as big English prospects.
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Not long ago we sold Gordon for 40 million
 
The vast majority of players that do make it through tot he academy and are good enough to make it outside of a top flight club tend to get sold to lower league clubs. They are still the fortunate ones and any fees received help pay for the upkeep and progress of the academy. That clubs are now having to look at selling home grown players because of FFP shows that it has taken a wrong turn. Surely any home grown players on a clubs books should be welcomed and to their wages should be excluded from any FFP sustainability, and be used as a carrot to encourage clubs to go more down that route than spending vast sums across the board.
 


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