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As usual, and money.

Any idea on the actual fee?

Seems the Spurs interest is real, loan with an option to buy.

He did. Why haven't we sold him yet, he is still here? Any links?

So would you have no buyout clauses or would you make them high for players you rate? You see what I'm getting at here.

If he had a bad season you wouldn't say that.

If a player has a bad season they are worth less than if they have a good season, wouldn't you agree?

He couldn't even get in the Bari team and he was supposed to have a large buyout clause?

Yes, we know that Italy needs B teams, but they don't exist. So you run the risks associated with loans. As for the scoring figures with Palladino, every Primavera team we have has at least one striker with those figures, it's normal at that level.

How is that a good question?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Champions_Youth_Cup

For me our youth system is to firstly try to provide players for the first team, that has to be the plan. But secondly, it is inevitable that at least 95% of players will not be a first team player, so it is also used to make money. It'd be interesting to see how much has been made in eventual...

It's actually difficult to sell players outright, as we have found out. The lesser players often don't want to go to Serie B or C permanently, even. It's true you can lose money, in the blind auction for example, although I believe that if you value the player then you should pay the market...

They most probably are, their system has shown that in the last 10 years.

I agree with point 1, to an extent. If they are not playing they are only benefitting from training up to a point. I don't agree with point 2 because co-owns are a quick money maker, especially for players who are clearly not going to make the grade. Point 3 I don't really understand, unless...

Barcelona have a B team in a professional second tier league, we don't.

So what is your alternative?

Good luck to him, maybe he can put himself in the shop window but I think the way Villarreal play suits his style, should they choose to sign him and put him in the La Liga team.

He'll be off to Spain.

Well that's it really. Iago went to Bari and didn't even get a chance, I think the change of coach was a problem there. De Ceglie may have his faults and will probably never be a really good player but you can see he has improved to a degree.