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The rules have changed since all three were sold, and lets be honest the Toshack and Blake transfers were generations ago.
Rabbi Matondo is the most recent case of losing the crown jewels of the academy and once Man City come knocking there was nothing Cardiff City could do. You cant bind a child to an employment contract at 14.
If a Category A academy want to come and poach a player from a Category B academy then, quite simply, they can and a compensation package has to be agreed for the training and development the original club provided.
Here is some kind of explanation to how it works
https://playerscout.co.uk/football-a...my-categories/
Unfortunately for the smaller clubs the big boys take advantage of the rules. Ive read that Man City are renowned for picking up kids for peanuts then selling them on for profit and they havent had a sniff of first team football.
Mattondos age group at Cardiff are now first year professionals. Wether he would have appeared in the first team by now is a seperate argument, but I wouldnt have thought so. Not under Warnocks watch.
I know what you mean but with football being so much more tactical now, I wonder if the “prime” years have been pushed out a bit to take account of the increasing value of experience. I’m sure we see fewer teenage players now.
Not that it applies to our club of course, as we have decided to forego tactics
Where is Matondo??
Blake with no sell on clause, singular!
Rick Wright (called himself a business man) blew it, his eyes lighting up at the figure (meagre as it turned out) offered.
I remember thinking at the time that we must have a sell on clause. There wasn't.
The sum for Toshack was a decent yeah but if I remember correctly was considered by many at the time less than he was worth.
We ripped the guy's hand off again though and in doing so the fans knew that our chance of promotion had gone whether he was a success at Liverpool or not.
He was!