Cardiff City set to lose another youngster to Man City

[the other bob wilson]

It was mentioned on the long running thread about the Development and Academy teams yesterday and the point was made that he's the fourth player we've lost to the big clubs in the last eighteen months or so - if it's happening to us, there has to be every chance that it's much the same for all other EFL clubs with expensive Academy's to run. All of this of course while the likes of Man City have reneged on a deal which was due to paid in September to EFL clubs by those in the Premier League.

As for the player we're apparently getting £250k for, I'd never heard of him until yesterday.

[splott parker]

Should be a sell on clause or increments based on future first team appearances, £250,000 is peanuts in the big picture. Not getting a payout on Gareth Bale’s subsequent transfers was a bitter pill to swallow.

[OurManFlint II]

It was mentioned on the long running thread about the Development and Academy teams yesterday and the point was made that he's the fourth player we've lost to the big clubs in the last eighteen months or so - if it's happening to us, there has to be every chance that it's much the same for all other EFL clubs with expensive Academy's to run. All of this of course while the likes of Man City have reneged on a deal which was due to paid in September to EFL clubs by those in the Premier League.

As for the player we're apparently getting £250k for, I'd never heard of him until yesterday.

Only going to get worse thanks to Brexit. This was called out by Kieran Maguire years ago.

Scottish clubs looking at offering pro-contracts at 14 to try to stop it.