Sentences with phrase «academy home grown players»

Unfortunately, most of our academy home grown players are those who are bought from other clubs when they are 14 - 18 years.

Not exact matches

If Man City just need a couple of English players for the home grown quota why not just promote 2 - 3 kids from their academy and have them sit on the bench all season?

Now seeing the likes of Lingard coming through and getting his chance is great for United fans, and I hope that many more home grown players are given the chance and make it, but to have the core of a team built from the academy once more seems unlikely.