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@jaw
The thing with youth team set ups is that you only need to strike gold once every 3 years or so to make it profitable. When you look at a club like Barca , they ship out a handful of players for a few million euros every year which means that La Masia pays for itself, regardless of the value that can be attributed to the likes of Mess, Xavi, Inietsta, Puyol, Pedro etc. etc. etc.