'The fairytale of the homegrown player is fading'

Leeds United CEO Angus Kinnear spoke out last week against a “hugely aggressive recruitment drive” which has seen the two Manchester clubs poaching Yorkshire children for their football academies. “We think there's 39 players playing in the Manchester United academy or the Manchester City academy who live in Yorkshire postcodes,” said Kinnear. “So you have this hugely aggressive recruitment drive from two of the biggest clubs in world football right into our heartland where we've developed so much great talent over the years”.