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Even Bayern Munich doesn't have a magic formula for youth development
https://www.socceramerica.com/article/74379/even-bayern-munich-doesnt-have-a-magic-formula-fo.html
"It seems like only yesterday that Bayern Munich was hailed for its ability to produce stars from its youth ranks. In fact, it’s been seven years since a Bayern academy player broke into the first team and remained in it.
David Alaba made the first-team jump during the 2011-12 season after joining Bayern’s youth program in 2008. Alaba was already 16 when he left his native Austria for Säbener Strasse. He is the most recent Bayern academy success story.
Before Alaba’s breakthough, Bayern could boast a remarkable run of producing talent. 2014 World Cup winners Bastian Schweinsteiger, Philipp Lahm, Thomas Mueller, Toni Kroos and Matts Hummels came out of the Bayern academy.
Kroos joined Bayern at age 16 and Schweinsteiger at 14.
The youth drought in Bavaria is similar to what’s happened at Barcelona, which famously fielded 11 academy grads in a 2012 win over Levante, but has since seen the pipeline from La Masia dry up."
https://www.socceramerica.com/article/74379/even-bayern-munich-doesnt-have-a-magic-formula-fo.html
"It seems like only yesterday that Bayern Munich was hailed for its ability to produce stars from its youth ranks. In fact, it’s been seven years since a Bayern academy player broke into the first team and remained in it.
David Alaba made the first-team jump during the 2011-12 season after joining Bayern’s youth program in 2008. Alaba was already 16 when he left his native Austria for Säbener Strasse. He is the most recent Bayern academy success story.
Before Alaba’s breakthough, Bayern could boast a remarkable run of producing talent. 2014 World Cup winners Bastian Schweinsteiger, Philipp Lahm, Thomas Mueller, Toni Kroos and Matts Hummels came out of the Bayern academy.
Kroos joined Bayern at age 16 and Schweinsteiger at 14.
The youth drought in Bavaria is similar to what’s happened at Barcelona, which famously fielded 11 academy grads in a 2012 win over Levante, but has since seen the pipeline from La Masia dry up."