Football’s 10 most worthwhile academies – with Man City solely third finest in Prem
Chelsea prepared the ground as probably the most worthwhile youth academy within the Premier League – with Manchester City down in third.
A listing of the golf equipment which have recouped probably the most from promoting homegrown expertise between 2014 and 2023 has been printed by the Football Observatory analysis group. Three English golf equipment make the highest 10 – Chelsea, Tottenham and Man City.
The Blues’ standing as England’s prime vendor of expertise ought to come as no shock given their long-standing mannequin of creating gamers, loaning them out to achieve expertise after which flogging them for revenue. In latest years, they’ve bought the likes Tammy Abraham, Fikayo Tomori and Mason Mount for large cash.
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Chelsea are fifth total, with Spurs eighth and City ninth. Tottenham may have shot up the record because of the £86million sale of Harry Kane to Bayern Munich final 12 months. City boast a formidable youth set-up which produced the likes Phil Foden and Cole Palmer, with the latter being bought to Chelsea for £45million final 12 months.
The membership with probably the most worthwhile youth set-up – and by a ways – are Benfica, who’ve banked some large charges during the last 10 years. The Portuguese giants obtained simply over £100million from Atletico Marid for Joao Felix in 2019, round £69million from Paris Saint-Germain for Goncalo Ramos final 12 months and £62million from Man City for Ruben Diaz in 2020.
The Lisbon membership additionally obtained hefty charges for the likes of Renato Sanches (from Bayern Munich), Goncalo Guedes (from PSG) and Bernard Silva (from Monaco) through the interval coated within the analysis.
Next up is that well-known manufacturing facility of youth expertise, Ajax, who’ve flogged the likes of Matthijs de Ligt (to Juventus), Jurrien Timber (to Arsenal) and Manchester United flop Donny van de Beek. French facet Lyon are third on the record with Alexandra Lacazette to Arsenal, for simply over £50million, their largest sale.
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Real Madrid are subsequent in fourth and are the one Spanish facet to make the highest 10, which additionally options Monaco, Sporting Lisbon and Atalanta.
The latter, the one Italian membership within the prime 10, have made fortunes promoting gamers, together with Rasmus Hojlund to Manchester United, to the Premier League and the Serie An enormous weapons like Juventus and the Milan sides.
