While the Football Manager franchise has long established a youth system for teams, that system hasn't always brought major results for FM fans.
By that, it means that you can have the very best youth system and youth facilities imaginable in place, yet you may find yourself going years at a time without turning out even a semi-decent prospect. In Football Manager 2021, though, that seems to have changed.
In FM21, if you have a strong youth system in place then you'll be rewarded with more genuine prospects than in years before. Rather than March proving to be a depressing time of the year as you realise that your new influx of 16-year-olds is full of utter garbage, FM21 seems to serve up young players who have a legitimate chance of making it all the way through to your first team if handled correctly.
To pinpoint a massive change in the approach to youth prospects is a tough ask, but the bottom line is that Football Manager 2021 seems to reward those managers who opt to fully invest in the youth element of their football club.
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