sheblue wrote:Its a good reflection on the academy getting that type of money for an unproven lad.
Wonder if there is a buy back clause, there should be.
It certainly is. If you could get that sort of money on a couple of players every year it would certainly help when spending big each summer.
I'd hazard a guess that you would get that at least for Denayer right now.
Considering how much we paid for Roberts, you would imagine that any of the young English kids like Barker or Humphreys would go at a premium price also.
Even if they don't burst through into our first team, making money on transfers and as 'sheblue' says, having a first choice buy back option, sounds like The Academy is set up to be a success, already.