Administrator Stan 18,397 Posted July 30, 2019 Administrator Share Posted July 30, 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49156788 Quote Manchester United's academy graduates played more than 27,000 minutes during the 2018-19 Premier League season - almost 10,000 more than any other club. According to research by PA Sport, 20 players who finished playing youth football at the club featured in the top flight during last season. Including the likes of Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard, they accumulated 27,395 minutes. Tottenham are second with their 13 graduates amassing 17,903 minutes. Meanwhile, 16 Southampton academy graduates, including United's Luke Shaw and Fulham's Calum Chambers, played 15,964 minutes, putting them just ahead of Chelsea in the standings in third. Portuguese sides were the only clubs from outside English football to reach the top 10. Clubs whose academy graduates played the most Premier League minutes during 2018-19 Club Total minutes (number of players) Manchester United 27,395 (20) Tottenham 17,903 (13) Southampton 15,964 (16) Chelsea 15,870 (9) Manchester City 13,605 (8) Sheffield United 12,400 (6) Liverpool 12,104 (6) Benfica 11,032 (5) West Ham 10,608 (8) Sporting Lisbon 10,127 (5) It is the third year in a row that United have topped the standings as the "leading developers of Premier League talent", according to PA Sport's data, despite their graduates' playing time dropping year on year. More than a third of United's minutes were accumulated by players still at the club, who helped Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team finish sixth in the league. In addition, Joshua King, Michael Keane and Craig Cathcart played more than 3,000 minutes for Bournemouth, Everton and Watford respectively, while Burnley trio Tom Heaton, Phil Bardsley and Robbie Brady - who all began their careers at Old Trafford - amassed more than 4,400 minutes. Sheffield United have been a permanent fixture in the top 10 of the standings for the last three seasons, placing eighth in 2016-17 and fifth the following season - despite only being promoted to the Premier League themselves this summer. They placed sixth in the 2018-19 study, largely helped by Wales midfielder David Brooks playing 2,400 minutes for Bournemouth. Kyle Walker, Harry Maguire, Phil Jagielka, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Matt Lowton and Kyle Naughton also contributed to the Blades' statistics. Elsewhere, Coventry jumped 113 places to reach the top 20 with Leicester midfielder James Maddison, Wolves defender Cyrus Christie and Bournemouth striker Callum Wilson all playing regularly for their clubs. While Ajax and Feyenoord have previously been the best represented clubs from outside Europe, last season was the turn of Portuguese sides to enter the top 10 with Benfica and Sporting Lisbon's graduates amassing 11,032 and 10,127 Premier League minutes respectively. Manchester City's Ederson and Bernardo Silva, in addition to Wolves pair Helder Costa and Ivan Cavaleiro and Everton's Andre Gomes are Benfica academy products, while Wolves' Rui Patricio and Joao Moutinho graduated from Sporting's academy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,364 Posted July 30, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted July 30, 2019 Whoops @Stan, I went and posted that in the Man United Thread, will that be ok in there too? delete it if you must. Not because United was mentioned but it was nice to see other young youth lads mentioned from other clubs, pisses me off reading about the likes of Pogba, Neymar, fucking Bale with all the millions they earn and how much they are worth yet some of these young lads from other clubs would more than likely run rings around them nowadays for just £10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,397 Posted July 30, 2019 Author Administrator Share Posted July 30, 2019 10 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said: Whoops @Stan, I went and posted that in the Man United Thread, will that be ok in there too? delete it if you must. Not because United was mentioned but it was nice to see other young youth lads mentioned from other clubs, pisses me off reading about the likes of Pogba, Neymar, fucking Bale with all the millions they earn and how much they are worth yet some of these young lads from other clubs would more than likely run rings around them nowadays for just £10. Yeah all good. Pogba counts as a youth academy product by United I think! We've helped Coventry out a lot by the sounds of that article just through one player . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,364 Posted July 30, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted July 30, 2019 5 minutes ago, Stan said: Pogba counts as a youth academy product by United I think! Aye, he started off his youth career with French Ligue 1 Le Havre then joined Man United youth, eventually ended up in the first team under Fergie but Fergie offloaded him after, SAF must have seen something he did not like about the lad and Fergie might have been right, I still would like Pogs to be shunted off again, he is letting his agent Mino Raiola run his life just for the sake of bloody Raiola filling his bank balance, the bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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