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Posted January 06, 2018 20:16 · last edited January 06, 2018 20:19

None of those clubs would be looking to get him in to "develop", they would be wanting him to fill a need. 

Football is a business, especially for the Calibre of team on mention - fringe European comp sides. The reason they buy promising 22-24 year olds is to develop them for sale at the start of their peak career window of 26-28. You expect to double or triple the commercial value of players between this periods (who knows given the crazy inflation at the moment!) When continued development has gone well

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Napier Phoenix wrote:

None of those clubs would be looking to get him in to "develop", they would be wanting him to fill a need. 

Football is a business, especially for the Calibre of team on mention. The reason they buy promising 22-24 year olds is to develop them for sale at their peak career window of 26-27.