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espn article from Honingstein on Dortmund
http://www.espn.co.uk/soccer/german-bundesliga/10/blog/post/3753198/borussia-dortmund-stopped-spending-and-started-scouting-now-theyre-top-of-the-bundesliga
This quote caught my eye especially as Bayern still want to splurge money on Hudson-Odoi
Increasingly, Zorc and his men look for unpolished gems in elite-level youth teams, where highly-gifted youngsters can sometimes feel undervalued by their clubs. England, in particular, has become an important hunting ground. Zorc has noticed that "youth development in Premier League academies has improved over the last 10 years, to the point of overtaking us in Germany to an extent." He reveals that Bundesliga coaches are regulars at England youth internationals and many Championship sides stocked with loanees from the top flight.
"They can't get into their first teams because the squads are so big. But they understand that we can provide a platform for them to play, that our coaches have the courage to play them," Zorc says. "Not just in the first round of the DFB Pokal against [fifth-division] Eintracht Trier, but in the big games against Bayern and such like."