2. Support the youth team, complement them with super star signings:
Madrid’s youth system ‘La Fabria’ is one of the best in Spain alongside Valencia, Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao.
Despite producing top talents, Madrid still sell them to bring in expensive imports. Guardiola got it right in saying Barcelona were successful in his days because they copied Madrid.
Guardiola’s team in his four years at the helm was basically full of La Masia products; Puyol, Pique, Iniesta, Busquests, Xavi, Pedro, Messi, Fabregas, Victor Valdes, Martin Montoya, Marc Bartra, Issac Cuenca, Christian Tello, Thiago Alcantara and complemented by super signings like Thierry Henry, Samuel Eto’o, Yaya Toure, David Villa, Alexis Sanchez, Masherano, Eric Abidal, Dani Alves and Seydou Keita.
Madrid have a good youth system. One of the best in the world. Some of the popular names from La Fabrica playing for other teams right now include Jose Callejon, Juan Mata, Roberto Soldado, Javi Garcia, Alvaro Morata, Diego Lopez, Juanfran, Esteban Granero and Borja Valero.
If these players had been given a chance to shine, probably millions would not have needed to be spent on big name signings.
The trick is to use your youth team players and complement them with superstar signings. Bayern Munich is another team that uses this trick to her advantage and has led to constant success.
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