Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
Other clubs can't do this, because Chelsea and man city have poached all of their exceptional youngsters for minimal compensation.
Clubs like Brentford had to close down their academies because it did t make any sense any more, on the off chance they developed a star they would inevitably be Taken from them.
That's more to do with the Class 1 and 2 academies I think because a class 1 can take a player from a class 2 for peanuts. Maybe that is why it doesn't make sense for smaller clubs.

But Swansea have a class 1 so how expensive can it be.