not to mention academy players are treated like shit here, kids debuting professionally when they’re 21/22 y.o. how the fuck are we supposed to compete when we don’t give them time to get experience from early on?
Here in Brazil, if you’re a young player at the big clubs and you haven’t made your professional debut until you’re 21/22 years old, the chances of you succeeding are extremely low.
Players with the biggest potential (especially attacking players) will debut before they are 18. Defensive players start a little later.
Talking about Atlético Mineiro, for example… The club’s board is under a lot of pressure to give more space to youngsters. It’s part of the country’s football culture.
Católica, who used to have a lot of promising academy players making it to the national team and Europe, is wasting so many players to make way for old, washed dudes.
I checked out Catolica’s squad on Transfermarkt and saw Franco Di Santo there… Holy fuck, one of the worst strikers I’ve seen playing for Atlético Mineiro.
I’m 100% sure there’s a young Chilean better than him.
This happens in Brazil too.
Here in Brazil, if you’re a young player at the big clubs and you haven’t made your professional debut until you’re 21/22 years old, the chances of you succeeding are extremely low.
Players with the biggest potential (especially attacking players) will debut before they are 18. Defensive players start a little later.
Talking about Atlético Mineiro, for example… The club’s board is under a lot of pressure to give more space to youngsters. It’s part of the country’s football culture.
I checked out Catolica’s squad on Transfermarkt and saw Franco Di Santo there… Holy fuck, one of the worst strikers I’ve seen playing for Atlético Mineiro.
I’m 100% sure there’s a young Chilean better than him.