We reveal which teams have been most successful at producing superb academy players…
Southampton’s ability to produce talented young footballers has been well known for many years. Theo Walcott, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Gareth Bale all began their careers on the South Coast, while more recently the likes of Adam Lallana, Luke Shaw and Calum Chambers have come off the production line.
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According to the Daily Express, Swansea City, Manchester United and Everton have also done well of late, and the English quartet all feature in the list below. They produced this top 20 using the CIES Football Observatory, who ranked European teams for the amount of money made from the sales of academy players since 2012.
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20) SC Freiburg (Germany)
Notable Players Produced: Olvier Baumann, Daniel Caligiuri, Johannes Flum, Matthias Ginter
Overall Value: £20.8m
19) Toulouse (France)
Notable Players Produced: Etienne Capoue, Daniel Congre, Cheikh M’Bengue, Moussa Sissoko
Overall Value: £22.2m
18) Valencia (Spain)
Notable Players Produced: Juan Bernat, Carles Gil, Pablo Hernandez, Michel Herrero
Overall Value: £23.2m
17) Atalanta (Italy)
Notable Players Produced: Giacomo Bonaventura, Simone Colombi, Andrea Consigli, Manolo Gabbiadini, J. Olausson
Overall Value: £23.6m
16) Everton (England)
Notable Players Produced: Victor Anichebe, Jack Rodwell, Shane Duffy
Overall Value: £23.9m
15) Genoa (Italy)
Notable Players Produced: Richmind Boakye, Isaac Cofie, Stephan El Shaarawy, Dejan Lazarevic, Stefan Sturaro
Overall Value: £24.5m
14) Paris Saint Germain (France)
Notable Players Produced: Clement Chantome, Antoine Conte, Mamadou Sakho, Ilan Boccara
Overall Value: £25.2m
13) Manchester United (England)
Notable Players Produced: Michael Keane, Danny Welbeck, Robert Brady, Matt James, Joshua King
Overall Value: £28.7m
12) Bayern Munich (Germany)
Notable Players Produced: Emre Can, Diego Contento, Raif Husic, Toni Kroos
Overall Value: £31.1m
11) Swansea City (England)
Notable Players Produced: Joe Allen, Ben Davies
Overall Value: £31.6m
10) Saint-Etienne (France)
Notable Players Produced: Faouzi Ghoulam, Joshua Guilavogui, Loris Nery, Kurt Zouma
Overall Value: £32.8m
9) Montpellier (France)
Notable Players Produced: Remy Cabella, Benjamin Stambouli, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Younes Belhanda
Overall Value: £33.5m
8) Stade Rennais (France)
Notable Players Produced: Y. M’Vila, T. Bakayoko, Y. Brahimi, K. Theophole, J. Kembo, D. Foulquier, Y. Jebbour
Overall Value: £33.6m
7) Barcelona (Spain)
Notable Players Produced: Thiago Alcantara, Jonathan dos Santos, Andreu Fontas, Bojan Krkic, Antonio Sanabria
Overall Value: £38.8m
6) Real Madrid (Spain)
Notable Players Produced: Jose Maria Callejon, Daniel Carvajal, Esteban Granero, Alvaro Morata
Overall Value: £43m
5) Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
Notable Players Produced: Daniel Ginczek, Mario Gotze, Julian Koch, Lasse Sobiech, Koray Gunter
Overall Value: £43.5m
4) Sevilla (Spain)
Notable Players Produced: Luis Alberto, Jose Campana, Antonio Luna, Alberto Moreno, Jesus Navas
Overall Value: £51.5m
3) Real Sociedad (Spain)
Notable Players Produced: Antoine Griezmann, Asier Illarramendi
Overall Value: £62.2m
2) Lille (France)
Notable Players Produced: Gianni Bruno, Mathieu Debuchy, Lucas Digne, Eden Hazard, Divock Origi
Overall Value: £76m
1) Southampton (England)
Notable Players Produced: Calum Chambers, Adam Lallana, Luke Shaw
Overall Value: £90.2m