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Foreign Affairs
How England's bright young hopes are blazing a trail abroad as they take responsibility for their own careers
Football in England has never seen anything like it when it comes to the huge talent pool of young players starting to emerge from the Academy system ready to embark on senior careers.
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The upheaval in coaching standards implemented by the FA over a decade ago is starting to produce the results – with the national team across all age groups enjoying unprecedented success on the international stage.
World and european titles have been secured, and suddenly the country is awash with bright prospects waiting for their chance to produce at senior level for their clubs.
But that has brought into sharp focus another problem – just how do these highly-skilled, Frestricted, intelligent young footballers take the crucial next step along their development paths when they are seeing their routes to first team chances particularly in the Premier League?
