But top English talent is expensive and players like Patrick Roberts Etc are snapped up for home grown quota. Also English players seem to not fulfill their potential more than most... maybe it's the money maybe it's the ego Etc ... Wilshire , Walcott , ox the list goes on. We need to gain a reputation for giving young players the platform to prove themselves in this league and profit from it. Then when we have enough funds and we have a group of 4-5 players that are of a top standard or close to it... we need to invest and keep the players we have and have a proper go at the teams at the top
DCL 1.5mil
Lookman 7.5mil rising to 11mil
etc etc
Vlasic was 10mil. This Ezri Konsa chap from Charlton wont be too steep.
The ones who are already at the top clubs will be expensive...they may be the ones not to progress as they wont have game time.
Its fine margins, we went for Galloway but could have got Alli...look at reece oxford, hes got 3 appearances on loan at gladbach. We could havr got cook but Bournemouth snapped him up.
Its not going to only be about the best youngsters but moulding a squad, style of play and then sprinkling the foreign talent on top