West Ham Co-Owner Risks Fans' Wrath by Claiming That Graduating from Club Academies Is 'Impossible'

?David Gold has divulged his belief that graduating from Premier League clubs youth academies and breaking into the first team 'is virtually impossible' when speaking to talkSPORT, via the Evening Standard. In recent years West Ham, along with other Premier League clubs, have had a number of youth products that have looked as though they could make the step up, but have ultimately failed to make the grade. “There is nothing more pleasurable, for a fan, owner or manager, to have a young academy...

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