Best Football Academies In The World Right Now

 Football business nowadays has been improvised and clubs nurture their own talents which at the end would be beneficial to the club. How could academy graduates be of benefit to the parent club?

1. Academy players are cheap unlike buying already made player.

2. When they are sold to other football clubs, they generate income to the club.

Most football academy graduates have the club genes and mastered the systems of the club. Let's say like Barcelona, they had the best squad in 2010s because they had the La Masia cream.

De Toekomst (Ajax Academy)

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Thanks to Johann Cruyf for initiating one of the best football academies in the world. Cruyf loved nurturing talents and the Ajax academy has been supplying the best talents to several teams in the world. Bergkamp, suarez, Seneijder, Van Basten among others passed through this famous academy.

Let me stick just to the recent generation that reached the Champions League semi-finals. Hakim Ziyech, De Ligt, Daley Blind among others. Ajax academy has produced the best footballers including Johan Cruyf himself. 

La Cobham-Chelsea Football Academy

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La Cobham is the nickname given to the Chelsea academy. It has processed and produced some of the best footballers in England and other top leagues in Europe.

Since Roman Abrahamovic took over the club in early 2000s, he invested heavily on the. academy. 

Tammy Abraham who currently is enjoying an awesome spell with AS Roma, Callum Hudson Odoi, Mason Mount, Reece James, Kennedy, Lamptey, Loftus-Cheek among others.

La Masia-Barcelona Football Academy

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The best football academy in the world currently. La Masia has graced the world of football with big names and artists who painted the world's football. Messi wasn't a home grown despite of joining the Catalan club in his childhood days.

From Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, Thiago Alcantara, Pedro among others. Currently, Barcelona has Gavi, Ansu Fati who are doing wonders on the pitch.

In deed, La Masia is the best football academy the world has ever seen.

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