There are an awful lot of rose tinted glasses with regards the academy. If they were good enough to be at Cat 1 academies, they would already be there.
There are already over 3500 players in Category 1 academies. Realistically it is only products of Cat 1 that are going to make you any money. Academies now generally do not create players so they can advance the first team, they exist to produce product that can be sold based on potential.
Swansea City, with a Category 1 academy, made a grand total of £53 million in the last 10 years. They are 99th in the list of top 100 productive academies.
It is cheaper and easier to buy in players. There are far better things to spend money on to make the club successful than that.
There are already over 3500 players in Category 1 academies. Realistically it is only products of Cat 1 that are going to make you any money. Academies now generally do not create players so they can advance the first team, they exist to produce product that can be sold based on potential.
Swansea City, with a Category 1 academy, made a grand total of £53 million in the last 10 years. They are 99th in the list of top 100 productive academies.
It is cheaper and easier to buy in players. There are far better things to spend money on to make the club successful than that.