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The Ripple Effect with James Lawrence Allcott

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The Importance of Good Practice in Football

James Trafford has not even played in the championship. Burnley spent 19-million pounds on a player who hasn't played in the top two divisions of English football, which is... That's a significant amount of money to give to Manchester City. Why are you then giving them 20% of the sell-on? 20%?! Yeah, that's crazy. You want good practice full stop. And I think people get blinded by the fact that we can get a player that we can’t get anywhere else for a number that works for us right now. But if you're going to buy a player, like, like I say, without experience for 19- million pounds... A lot

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