Sports10/18/2025The Guardian

Premier League’s search for young talent has left the market overheated and failing

Premier League’s search for young talent has left the market overheated and failing

The Premier League's intense search for young talent has led to a spike in the fees and wages offered by big clubs for teenage players. Brexit and the Post-Brexit Special Regime (PSR) are contributing factors to this overheated market. According to industry figures, the market for players as young as 14 has become "wild," with some wages being described as "astronomical." One sporting director at a top-flight club says they have to offer 14-year-olds scholarship contracts just to protect themselves from the richest teams in England poaching their best youngsters. The article raises concerns about whether this stockpiling of young talent is truly raising the overall standards of the game, or if it is simply benefiting the wealthiest clubs at the expense of smaller clubs and the development of the sport as a whole.

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