We need to nurture our young stars
AFEW years ago, academies were under-fire for not producing enough talented youngsters.
Recently, though, that view has been changing as a crop of exciting starlets emerge. In the Championship, 16-yearold midfielder Jude Bellingham has made people sit up and take notice by scoring the winner for Birmingham in successive matches.
In addition, Wigan’s 17-year-old striker Joe Gelhardt came off the bench and scored a fine goal just three minutes later to earn the Latics a 2-2 draw at Hull last weekend.
They are a couple of headline examples, but others a...
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