Let's clear this up, noone would have paid Bendtner/Denilson and co what we pay them...that's one of the big reasons we can't get rid of them and have to ship them out on loan, subsidising their salaries to do so.
We've been paying our young unproven players far too much for far too long and the reasons these kids join us?
A. A big pay day at a young age
B. Opportunities of first team football no other team gives them a hope of getting
Do you really think these kids would sign for us if other big clubs offered them the same opportunities? The few that do make it move on as soon as it suits to those big clubs they never offered them the package we offered them at a young age.