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Post by adambrewer on Sept 17, 2012 18:41:41 GMT
16 year old Regan Upton has joined the Wolverhampton Wanderers academy for an "undisclosed fee". I'd seen on Twitter that it could even rise to a "substantial 5 figure fee". If that's the case, then it shows the progress our development system is making. And shows one of the advantages of having a good youth team. www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk/news/article/regan-upton-372407.aspx |
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Post by retournez on Sept 17, 2012 19:08:31 GMT
its a real shame the talent doesnt make it to the first team before we see it go
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Post by sjh567 on Sept 17, 2012 20:54:34 GMT
maybe the wolves scouts saw his ability before our scouts did? that or we both offered him a contract and for the obvious reason he chose to sign for wolves
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Post by shaky on Sept 17, 2012 21:00:19 GMT
Surprised the Derby scouts never saw it. The X38 bus must have been late that day !!
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Post by dave78 on Sept 18, 2012 9:48:07 GMT
I bet Derby couldn't afford him.
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Post by sinfinbovril on Sept 18, 2012 20:40:29 GMT
I dunno his name, but Crewe have just sold a 16yr old to Liverpool for £500,000, so I'm told.
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Post by driz186 on Sept 19, 2012 10:39:44 GMT
Dan Smith was the 16yr old Crewe player
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Post by lborobrewer on Sept 20, 2012 16:04:10 GMT
I think the differences in the price paid for the two youth academies; was because of the reputation that Dario Gradi and his successors have built up over the last 3 decades, clubs almost pay a premium for crewe academy players because of the high success rate that the academy graduates has had over the years.
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Post by adambrewer on Sept 20, 2012 16:57:19 GMT
Crewe spend £500k a year just on running that youth academy I've seen. Amazing figure really that would explain why they have a great success rate at developing young players.
Our youth system is in it's early years and would have took time to organise. So to see clubs are willing to pay a fee for young teenagers does show progress. I think it's mainly Football League funding that's helped us establish our youth system too.
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