Yes it does - unfortunately for Charlton. Is not the game slanted against the lower division clubs developing players in that ‘bigger’ clubs ‘nick’ lower clubs’ academy stars for pittances?
The whole of football is run on ‘capitalism except that aspect?
Regarding the pressure at Charlton, it's quite along term aim. It would be interesting to know if it's all about selling players on in terms of his targets.
It’s the same for any successful club outside the big boys, Brentford and Brighton bring players through (although often bough young rather than local) and sell them on… most have to do it for PSR and to allow you to have bigger budgets… it’s how you create a club that isn’t just a money swamp for rich guys’ cash
Brighton have perfected it by even finding a feeder club to give them £60/70m every time they release one of their cracking overseas finds to the wild 🤷🏻♂️😉
That’s exactly the model for most clubs in terms of moving forward… we just don’t have close to the income of the big six or any of the prem/parachute clubs so we have to make money back via player sales/development. If you can’t make that happen then you’re not doing a great job as an academy director, especially considering the breadth and depth of talent in SE London. A lot of it isn’t actually about selling your big assets it’s actually making sure you’re consistent selling smaller ones (ness is a good example last year) for fees.
You know what… fair play. This happens when you’re doing well
Yes it does - unfortunately for Charlton. Is not the game slanted against the lower division clubs developing players in that ‘bigger’ clubs ‘nick’ lower clubs’ academy stars for pittances?
The whole of football is run on ‘capitalism except that aspect?
Regarding the pressure at Charlton, it's quite along term aim. It would be interesting to know if it's all about selling players on in terms of his targets.
It’s the same for any successful club outside the big boys, Brentford and Brighton bring players through (although often bough young rather than local) and sell them on… most have to do it for PSR and to allow you to have bigger budgets… it’s how you create a club that isn’t just a money swamp for rich guys’ cash
Brighton have perfected it by even finding a feeder club to give them £60/70m every time they release one of their cracking overseas finds to the wild 🤷🏻♂️😉
That’s exactly the model for most clubs in terms of moving forward… we just don’t have close to the income of the big six or any of the prem/parachute clubs so we have to make money back via player sales/development. If you can’t make that happen then you’re not doing a great job as an academy director, especially considering the breadth and depth of talent in SE London. A lot of it isn’t actually about selling your big assets it’s actually making sure you’re consistent selling smaller ones (ness is a good example last year) for fees.