I think there are probably loads who move in at younger ages but moving at 17 when we offer a contract and they refuse are the ones you hear about. Pretty much all mentioned above that I know of:
- Defoe to West Ham - JLS to Villa - Some lad who's name escapes me to Spurs (never made it) - Huddart to Arsenal - Ajayi to Arsenal (but as said above we only offered 6m as we were skint and signed the Irish lad who is now a pro hurler instead) - Beadle to Brighton - McGinty to Man Utd - Sarmiento to Portugal? - Palmer went to Chelsea - Ramazani went to Man Utd but I think we had "poached" him only 2yrs before anyway
Likes of zemura, Gough, Agymang I am not sure if we ever offered contracts so maybe our mistakes.
I think there are probably loads who move in at younger ages but moving at 17 when we offer a contract and they refuse are the ones you hear about. Pretty much all mentioned above that I know of:
- Defoe to West Ham - JLS to Villa - Some lad who's name escapes me to Spurs (never made it) - Huddart to Arsenal - Ajayi to Arsenal (but as said above we only offered 6m as we were skint and signed the Irish lad who is now a pro hurler instead) - Beadle to Brighton - McGinty to Man Utd - Sarmiento to Portugal? - Palmer went to Chelsea - Ramazani went to Man Utd but I think we had "poached" him only 2yrs before anyway
Likes of zemura, Gough, Agymang I am not sure if we ever offered contracts so maybe our mistakes.
Are we sweating on any youngsters signing at the moment?
Personally I’m really worried we’re not going to see Patrick Casey sign up. Cracking prospect.
I’ve said it on here before, but a lad I taught who’s in the academy told me that Josh Laqeretabua is easily the biggest baller in the academy, but he was struck down by a bad injury, which I believe he has recovered from now, thankfully.
Ramazani is now valued at £9m according to Transfermarkt....I wonder how much of that is as a result of him having Man Utd on his cv
3 goals in 29 in La Liga is hardly outrageous stuff is it
Started the season with 2 goals in his first 3 La Liga appearances including an opener against Real Madrid. Also has absolutely blistering pace and still in his early 20s. £9m overdoing it perhaps but his true value would probably exceed £5m based on that alone, or £15m if a PL club is asking!
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