Positive Thread: U21 Signings

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It's possible only @Zatara may be interested in this thread, but this has been my favorite change in what's been an otherwise frustrating campaign.

Should the Stefan Lukic signing indeed be a reality, the club will have signed three youth players this season at a discount. The details are all a bit foggy, but Brendan Galloway may or may not have been out of contract at MK Dons, David Henen was out of favor at Anderlecht and had only a year left on his contract, and now Lukic, who is also out of contract.

There are no better deals in football than talented prospects that are out of contract. Paul Pogba is a rare exception, but you only need to hit on one out of ten for it to be good business. Hitting on more than that can be transformative for any club.

I very much appreciate this change in approach, and who knows, it may just set up the club for big things down the road.
 

But its not a change in approach, Everton have been doing this for years, Gueye, Velios, Garbutt, Coleman to name but a few.

Were they all bought at a discount, or were they simply shrewd (to any degree) signings of young players? Garbutt went to a tribunal, but I'm not sure about the other players. Apologies if I've got this wrong.
 
Were they all bought at a discount, or were they simply shrewd (to any degree) signings of young players? Garbutt went to a tribunal, but I'm not sure about the other players. Apologies if I've got this wrong.

Well as stated above Galloway wasnt bought at a discount.

I think we can say that Coleman was a shrewd investment, bought at a discount.
 

...the fact that they are out of contract is not the key as far as I'm concerned. It's important we have a scouting system that spots young talent and brings them in. Many of the bigger money young players from European leagues were brought in from Africa and South America at little cost, it would be good if we were tapping into that source.
 
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