I'm a bit wary of it. Italian football is probably the least youth driven of the big 5 leagues. Even look at the inter squad right now:
Handanovic 36
Sanchez 32
Kolorov 35
Ranocchia 32
Perisic 31
Young 35
Vidal 33
Padelli 35
D'Ambrosio 32
Darmian 31
That's basically half the squad over 30 - meanwhile all of their young players (4 aged 24 and under) were big money signings:
Hakimi 22 (40m for Real)
Martinez 23 (23m from Racing Club)
Barella 23 (37-50m from Cagliari)
Bastoni 21 (31m from Atalanta)
Plenty of English kids with good pedigree have gone to Italy and really struggled, most recent example being Bobby Duncan who left Liverpool for Fiorentina and is now playing for Derby's reserves. Can't think of any major guys to break from the inter youth team since Balotelli and Davide Santon. Years and years of loans are the norm in italy, that and co-ownership. Inter currently have 29 players out on loan.
Anyway, I'm sure Stephen Carr and his family have a better picture of the situation than I do, but Zefi is the outstanding talent from the 2005 age group and hopefully it's not a mistake...
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