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I don't have any stats to hand, but Arsenal's youth academy makes money for the club, i.e. it is profitable.
Realistically, if an academy can produce one first team player every two seasons it is successful and if you can sell three or four players each summer then it should make enough money to cover the cost of the coaching staff.