to Windy's thread though, it's not about them going on to be a global superstar, most in fact, will not.
It's the fact that given a season and a half in the senior team, their sell on value is multiple what we sell for. Let's look at Liverpool:
Jordan Ibe was on the books for Liverpool for 4 years, played 41 games in totality, then went for £15M. Harry Wilson didn't even play for Liverpool, loaned to a whole range of Championship clubs, sold for £12M. Dominic Solanke, 21 games for Liverpool, went for £20M.
Joe Willock at Arsenal, 40 games, £25M. Tomori at Chelsea, 25 games for Chelsea, whole host of loans, £25M sale.
People are looking at this entirely wrong that they've not turned into Ronaldo, therefore it's not a loss.
It's a huge fudging loss. And that's money that should be reinvested into our club, instead Levy's doing fudging deals for houses across the road. People should be furious but instead are oblivious.