Another young kid poached

[mickd1961]

We will get around £120k for all the work we have put in to him and he is (was) an Albion fan .

We cause our own problems with kids because historically,, we are very poor at bringing them through from youth ranks to the first team, you can count on two hands the number of youth squad players we’ve turned into successful first team players for us in the past 40 odd years.

If you’re going to fail you might as well do it at a bigger club who are paying you a bigger wage.

All I know is that if I were as a manager I would constantly be trying to give opportunities to my younger players.

[WBA123]

We cause our own problems with kids because historically,, we are very poor at bringing them through from youth ranks to the first team, you can count on two hands the number of youth squad players we’ve turned into successful first team players for us in the past 40 odd years.

If you’re going to fail you might as well do it at a bigger club who are paying you a bigger wage.

All I know is that if I were as a manager I would constantly be trying to give opportunities to my younger players.

Could not agree more with this.

And I don't blame any kid who jumps ship from us for more money / to a higher level / for a greater opportunity. Villa are paying some of their kids what our top earners are on and really investing in their youth setup.

I always feel its sour grapes from people when I hear stuff like 'they won't make it' etc. Well statistically they won't - so why not try and earn as much as you can, as young as you can. To set yourself up in life.

[SwedishBaggie]

Talking about young talent at another level, Lamine Yamal of Spain, FFS… 😮