Possible £100k bid received for Rumarn Burrell

Quoted from rancido

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This was a policy used by Dario Grady at Crewe many years ago. Produce good prospects and sell on to keep the club financially viable. I remember reading an article about him in one of the national newspapers at the time. He said that if he could produce one decent prospect a year to sell on then that would help to secure the clubs financial future. If he managed to produce two then he could retain one for his first time , which would be a bonus. Finding young talent , developing it and then selling on is just as important an income stream as ticket sales, merchandising etc.

I’m not sure we should use Crewe as a blueprint when it comes to the youth team 😳

Quoted from Posh Harry

I’m not sure we should use Crewe as a blueprint when it comes to the youth team 😳

I was using Dario Grady's approach to player development for the benefit of the club.

Big opportunity for him. Can we not loan him straight back?

Quoted from Posh Harry

I’m not sure we should use Crewe as a blueprint when it comes to the youth team 😳

Dario Grady's Crewe where a perfect example of how a good youth setup can sustain a club

No brainier for the club and for the lad really, we get a few bob for boro investing in potential cos that’s all it is at this moment in time and the lad jumps up the pyramid.  

Quoted from scrumble

Dario Grady's Crewe where a perfect example of how a good youth setup can sustain a club

I think he was referring to less acceptable parts of the coaching

it’s not going to be anywhere near the 100k stated because he didn’t sign his contract that was offered.
We will get very little for him and only time will tell whether Boro have got a steal.
I certainly don’t see how this is a deal that can be celebrated. You want to keep your best prospects and see them play, if that doesn’t happen you want it to be because you’ve got really good money for them. Neither has happened here.

Not the club’s fault, offered terms and the boy has had his head turned. The system means we’ll be screwed.

Quoted from headingly_mariner

it’s not going to be anywhere near the 100k stated because he didn’t sign his contract that was offered.
We will get very little for him and only time will tell whether Boro have got a steal.
I certainly don’t see how this is a deal that can be celebrated. You want to keep your best prospects and see them play, if that doesn’t happen you want it to be because you’ve got really good money for them. Neither has happened here.

Not the club’s fault, offered terms and the boy has had his head turned. The system means we’ll be screwed.

I don't understand the bit about his head being turned.

We are a club at the moment going nowhere. There is nothing to suggest that we are going to progress either on the field or off it and he has the opportunity to go to a Championship club that wasn't too far away from the Premiership.

He would be barmy to turn it down.

Most of the lads coming up through the youth team are local and / or they have some family connection to the club so they will jump at the offer of a pro contract with the club.  If they turn out to be brilliant and go elsewhere after a season or two we are all happy.

So far as I know, Burrell didn’t have any big connection with the club so if a bigger club comes calling with a wage we can’t match, he is bound to go.  He might make it, but if not, then he’s earned a good wage for a few years.

It’s a bit catch 22 for the club.  If the youth set up develops a good reputation then clubs will come looking for signings.  I’m tempted to say that if Woods and Jolley thought he was the next Kevin Drinkell, they’d have offered him a bigger contract and brought him thru into the squad sooner.

Quoted from LondonMariner43

Most of the lads coming up through the youth team are local and / or they have some family connection to the club so they will jump at the offer of a pro contract with the club.  If they turn out to be brilliant and go elsewhere after a season or two we are all happy.

So far as I know, Burrell didn’t have any big connection with the club so if a bigger club comes calling with a wage we can’t match, he is bound to go.  He might make it, but if not, then he’s earned a good wage for a few years.

It’s a bit catch 22 for the club.  If the youth set up develops a good reputation then clubs will come looking for signings.  I’m tempted to say that if Woods and Jolley thought he was the next Kevin Drinkell, they’d have offered him a bigger contract and brought him thru into the squad sooner.

Your last sentence mirrors what I said earlier in this thread - why on earth didn't he start some games when we had been safe for several weeks and could not hit a barn door with hardly any goals being scored?

Had he started and enjoyed it he may have signed a contract. As it is we have let him go for basically nowt having spent time and effort on him.