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Probably so, but Newcastle probably made his family (and his agent!) an offer too good to refuse. That would have included relocating because I thought there were restrictions on taking young players away from their homes. They also probably paid a "surplus" to the required fee for youngsters moving out of our academy - to avoid getting gazumpted.Hoover Attack wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2025 4:06 pm The amount of kids Newcastle have recruited (poached) in that article
Assuming the lad is London based and too good for us, it’s bonkers to move to the other end of the country at that age. Surely other local Cat1 academies would have been interested?
So looking at several hundred K at a guess on a 14 year old? That’s crazy.LittleMate wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2025 8:54 pmProbably so, but Newcastle probably made his family (and his agent!) an offer too good to refuse. That would have included relocating because I thought there were restrictions on taking young players away from their homes. They also probably paid a "surplus" to the required fee for youngsters moving out of our academy - to avoid getting gazumpted.Hoover Attack wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2025 4:06 pm The amount of kids Newcastle have recruited (poached) in that article
Assuming the lad is London based and too good for us, it’s bonkers to move to the other end of the country at that age. Surely other local Cat1 academies would have been interested?
Is it though? What's the hit rate on these players either being a success or being sold rather than released? Assuming you've spent 250k, and end up with a player worth 20mm (conservatively) for every success you can have 79 failures just to break even.Hoover Attack wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2025 11:12 pmSo looking at several hundred K at a guess on a 14 year old? That’s crazy.LittleMate wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2025 8:54 pmProbably so, but Newcastle probably made his family (and his agent!) an offer too good to refuse. That would have included relocating because I thought there were restrictions on taking young players away from their homes. They also probably paid a "surplus" to the required fee for youngsters moving out of our academy - to avoid getting gazumpted.Hoover Attack wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2025 4:06 pm The amount of kids Newcastle have recruited (poached) in that article
Assuming the lad is London based and too good for us, it’s bonkers to move to the other end of the country at that age. Surely other local Cat1 academies would have been interested?
I'm not saying 1 kid in 80, but only 1 in 80 that you buy needs to make it. Would love to see the stats for success of kids bought from other youth teams but I don't think that's availableHoover Attack wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2025 8:49 am Is it as low as £250k? We’re talking about transfer fee to us and enough to make a whole family leave everything behind and move to the other end of the country.
How many make it? Bugger all. Way less than 1 kid in 80.
Other than that, your maths is sound.
Signed schoolboy forms for United on his 14th birthday. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_BeckhamChicken Dhansak wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2025 10:52 am I read somewhere that David Beckham went from London to Man U aged nine years old, that's how good a prospect he was. And the rest is history.
They will probably fly him up at weekends until he’s 16 and of age.Chicken Dhansak wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2025 10:52 am I read somewhere that David Beckham went from London to Man U aged nine years old, that's how good a prospect he was. And the rest is history.
£400,000 fee to O'sHoover Attack wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2025 8:49 am Is it as low as £250k? We’re talking about transfer fee to us and enough to make a whole family leave everything behind and move to the other end of the country.
How many make it? Bugger all. Way less than 1 kid in 80.
Other than that, your maths is sound.
For context, that's the same league that Connor Essam plays inHoover Attack wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2025 2:07 pm Serrine Sanneh - Rusthall FC, Southern Counties East (step 5!!!!)