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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

This got me curious about constructing a starting XI based on former academy players who are still playing elsewhere today.

I used this TransferMarkt web page to find them, and then picked out the ones who either never made a senior appearance or only made a small number of them (which excluded the likes of Iwobi and Nketiah). There were plenty of decent attacking options. But not so many good defensive options. I excluded players like Obi-Martin and Heaven who are only now breaking into their club's first teams.

Bentley

Clarke - Hayden - Bartley - Thompson

Malen - Olise - Eze - Gnabry

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