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Originally Posted by cockneyHammer
Spector was not an academt product merely a player you purchased from another team
Beckham wasn't solely a Manchester United Academy product, he was just poached and "finished" at Manchester United
Kieron Richardson is from the West Ham academy
Keith Gillespie was signed from St Andrews FC
Robbie Savage was released from the Manchester United academy as "not good enough" and joined crewe
Djordic was bought from IF Brommapojkarna
Ben Collett was released from Man Utd again noit being good enough
Michael Stewart was poached from Rangers
Jonathan Greening was bought from York and had already made his league debut
I can't be asked doing the rest but as you can see most of them are not Academy products they merely joint Manchester United at a young age
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What difference does it make if people are let go for not being good enough? Surely this is true for most academy players.
It doesn't really make a lot of difference if players are brought in from other teams at a really early age either.
The above all played for the academy teams, which is as good a definition as any.