Quote from: klidex on June 22, 2023, 04:18:12 PM

Quote from: Jody.Drummer on June 22, 2023, 04:02:22 PM

It is very difficult to find players like Messi and Ronaldo whose abilities are beyond doubt. And I think that instead of looking for the star player they want, it's better for them to make it themselves, or in other words they look for young players, both from their academy and from anywhere, and they create it, like Borussia Dortmund did for example. I don't deny that having star players while they can pay for them is not a problem, but there are things that are more important in my opinion, namely when they can have a solid squad and good teamwork. Even though there may not be any players who really stand out, if their team play is great then it will bring an achievement.

That's better but very difficult to do in the French league because as we all know to make the best players yourself it doesn't just take a little time and it will require very good coaches here and it takes a lot of money to facilitate young players to become the best players.
Even though in the French league it is difficult to build the best players and prefer to buy reliable players like Ronaldo and Messi because the very rich finances in several French leagues choose to buy rather than make their own reliable players because it will only waste time.
This was all caused because the clubs in the French league wanted to have the big league title, so they preferred a short time to spend a lot of money to achieve their dreams, but all failed.

I wouldn't say it was easy, but if they didn't try to do it I wouldn't say it was difficult. How do we know they will be successful or not with a youth player coaching program or looking for young players who have great potential that they can develop. I don't even remember or have ever seen any young players emerge from Ligue 1 in general, particularly from Paris Saint Germain.
I say they should give it a try, even though they may not see the results in 1, 2 or 3 years, they will know 5 or 10 years from when they started the program.

Quote from: KTChampions on June 22, 2023, 06:59:26 PM

Quote from: Jody.Drummer on June 22, 2023, 04:02:22 PM

It is very difficult to find players like Messi and Ronaldo whose abilities are beyond doubt. And I think that instead of looking for the star player they want, it's better for them to make it themselves, or in other words they look for young players, both from their academy and from anywhere, and they create it, like Borussia Dortmund did for example. I don't deny that having star players while they can pay for them is not a problem, but there are things that are more important in my opinion, namely when they can have a solid squad and good teamwork. Even though there may not be any players who really stand out, if their team play is great then it will bring an achievement.

By the way, Real Madrid bought 16-year-old Andrik for 70 million (this is the total amount with bonuses) - this is more expensive than Neymar and Bellingham were bought at one time. Until the age of 18, he will continue to play in Palmeiras, and then move to Real Madrid. It is obvious that Real believes that they found (although everyone was talking about him) a new generation star and were able to buy it in advance. I'm not from Brazil, so I just heard about him recently, but the fact is that potential (or already active young) stars are searched for and identified very early.

Yes, not only 1 or 2 times Real Madrid did that, they tried to invest in young players even though there was no guarantee that the players they invested would experience good or bad development. And Real Madrid also often fail with their young players, even when the mature players they bring in in the transfer market are not all successful, and that is normal in football. But what I want to emphasize here is how they dare to take risks and even when failure is very acceptable to them. They had already considered this, so they were prepared for something bad that awaited them ahead.