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It's also rumoured that he's going to buy the Jordan F1 team. I reckon it's all grubby little chairmen trying to engineer a rise in their stock.

Not since Bosman, it don't, though the new(ish) EU rules should see that stopped. The thing is, if Chelski are loaning their young stars to the club, it'll raise the standard of the league. And they couldn't just recall them every other week either - they'd have to leave them contracted...

That used to be that case. That's been relaxed this year, though you're still limited to two domestic loans or something. Carlton Cole's been loaned to Charlton, Francis Jeffers has been loaned back to Everton, Zendan has been loaned to Middelsboro and Mikhail Forsell has been loaned to someone...

Chelsea's youth players are still there. Huth is comming through - unless another is bought in his place, Johnson (who's 18, don't forget) is starting, while Carlton Cole has been loaned out. Any others, who can't now break through, will be released, and will go to smaller teams, where they can...

3. The Scottish Premier League has a rule that states that you must have at least three U21 players in your match-day 16. Rather than helping youth break through, this actually forced Irish International Colin Healy out of the team, as he was 21, and they needed the space for a younger player...

2. Ajax are not in the top tier of clubs in Europe, financially or on the playing field. That they can stay within sight fo them at all is a triumph of their youth system and management. On the other hand, they've had to cut back their foreign youth acadamies as the money is no longer flowing...

IF there's a moderator out there, can this thread be split into three? The Real Madrid debate, the Ajax debate, and the promotion of youth debate. My opinions on all three: 1. Madrid were indeed bailed out by the government, when their training ground was bought by them. Their training...

But where do these "world class" players come from? Someone has to bring through young players, or there won't be any players at all! No matter how many Abrahmovichs there are, teams will still give yoiuth a chance. Maybe not the top teams, but they only account for a tiny fraction of the teams...

The thing about Real is that they have decided to bring in one huge name per season, while filling ouot the reast of the team with youth products. That's their philosophy, and it's actually an admirable one. Guys like Raul and Portillo are in the team after going through Real's youth system, and...