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Of course I know that if Liverpool don't sign that kid from League 2, then someone else will, my point was that if all the managers of the top clubs are REALLY concerned about development of young players in England, and not their own interests, then they wouldn't sign young players so early, they would let them develop. There are many examples of young players going to big clubs too young, and then having to go back down the leagues to rebuild their careers.

I also disagree that the reserves of the premiership is a much higher standard than the football league.

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a) All the managers in top flight English football are NOT concerned about the development of youth football in the country except when it is in their own self-invested interests. I don't anticipate a Jose Mourinho under pressure to win all the competitions in a single season to try and excavate an English player in the lower reaches of the footballing strata in the country.

b)Here we are(at least I am)not talking about all the Premiership clubs going out and playing their reserve teams in theFootball League. I am talking about the top four or five teams,the likes of Man U and Liverpool and Chelsea,playing their younger players.

And I am sincerely sorry if I have irritated you by labelling you as "naive". I said that with all due respect to you. True,I am speaking as an outsider and have limited knowledge in this field but we are here to discuss the options and discuss football,aren't we,not to proclaim ourselves as the best of the lot?

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Subhankar Mondal is a football writer for www.goal.com.

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