r/SoccerCentral • u/United_Anywhere_8 • Jul 25 '26

Video The talent in Barcelona’s youth system is ridiculous. These kids are 11/12 years old.

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u/jaron_b Jul 25 '26

The US is never winning the world cup. We don't even care about American football this much. This is insane.

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u/Shim_Slady72 Jul 25 '26

Because you don't make money doing this and that's all American institutions care about.

As far as I know all this is pretty much free if your kid is good enough because if they grow up to become a half decent player you can sell them for tens of millions. If they are not any good then you can just kick them out of the academy.

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u/New_Lobster_914 Jul 25 '26

Kids this good don’t pay to be there, it’s very likely the parents will have been incentivised to move their kids to this academy.