Nottingham Forest Academy And Under 21's

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Some of the player's who have come from Southampton's Academy in the last 10 years or so.

Gareth Bale
Dexter Blackstock
Wayne Bridge
Calum Chambers
Danny Ings
Adam Lallana
Tyrone Mings
Alex Oxlade Chamberlain
Luke Shaw
Ben White
James Ward Prowse

Being a Cat1, Premier League club for a sustained period with little competition in catchment area would help getting that lot massively.

Bale was sold to Spurs in 2007. Are we to include Jenas Reid and Dawson in our lists.we sold Bamford ten years ago because we were on the verge of bankruptcy following the death of Doughty. He went on to play for England. We now have three players from the academy who will be in our starting 11 in a premier league match tonight. We have also sold Burke, Cash, and Appiah for getting on for £40 million quid. We needed them sales to at least comply with FFP and in Burke avoid insolvency. We sold those three at the highest market value they will ever be which for me is greater credit to the academy. Considering for most of that time the academy has been massively out funded by our local rivals Derby and Leicester and not been a category A, it has more the punched it’s weight and compares in a reasonable light to the Southampton which has had many more advantages and probably been the most productive in the country. Nobody can say Brazil hasn’t done a brilliant job in charge of our academy. I will be very sad to see him leave.

Forgot to add Berretton to that list and Lascelles and Darlow who were sold during the last ten years. So that lot adds up to over £50 million. Got a few more such as Alex Mighten who are highly rated. Got to final of FA youth cup for the first time last season. Despite numerous limitations our Academy has over performed under Brazil.