I know that Richard Johnson went to watch Harry Amass play for the England U-16 team in Cyprus, but did Watford make sufficient effort to keep him? They seem prepared to pay high wages to young South American players, but apparently not to their top academy prospects. Steven Amass (his grandfather) wrote the following comments under an article in the Watford Observer in February. Harry Amass might still have been tempted by the lure of a glamorous club such as Manchester Utd. and by their academy facilities, but these comments do make me wonder whether he might have been persuaded to stay if he had been offered more money because he would probably have broken into Watford's first team in the near future. "He (Harry Amass) started in the academy at 9 years of age and now plays very much Watford u18s. He was also on the bench for 1st team against Reading. All coaches at Watford have developed Harry Amass, who's stlll 15yrs old, into a very exciting player with a fantastic future ahead of him." “Harry got his scholarship a year in advance. He's also been offered a 2 year pro contract. Unfortunately the wages are not impressive, not much more than scholarship wages which he doesn’t get till he's 16. He's attracting much interest from big Premier league clubs. My heart will always be with Watford and so will Harry's but as Watford say he is their star academy player they don't appreciate him so much when it come to salary. Harry didn't sign and we know what clubs are interested and Watford never provide information to Harry, his mum Gemma or me. If the right offer, club and pathway is put on the table then Harry and his mum will make the decision - they get the last say.”
That as interesting as sad as it is to read Luther, thanks for that. More shame on the club, probably. Maybe the same happened with the young LB who went to Citehhhh too. A LB I seem to remember, but not his name. Maybe he was of Scandanavian decent.
Tomas Galvez (Finnish), who joined Watford when he was 11 years old and stayed for 5 years in their Academy before joining Manchester City.
If it's all about money - already ! - then who seriously thinks we are going to outbid the richer clubs. Even if we do, all that does is destabilise our own setup. I am not going to criticise anyone in this situation - everyone does what they believe is best for them at any given time - but it does beg a question about 'the fairness' of the situation. Oh sorry, I forgot, this is football. When did fairness last appear in a football context ?
True and it’s not like we don’t spend (should it be waste !) that money we could use to fund the academy players elsewhere . I mean he’s probably seen more overseas players come in (and go) so feels there isn’t going to be real chance here.
Harry didn't sign and we know what clubs are interested and Watford never provide information to Harry, his mum Gemma or me. Well we know there is a communication problem starting from the top. Hope the lad doesn't go the same way as Harry Forrester.
I don't think we need to break the bank but offer a bit more than we usually do. Who can blame him? I suspect only injury stands in his way of a top class career.
2 wins in a week ! Bachmann unhappy at being dropped by Austria. Seems to blame the club’s form generally - particularly a lack of goals . http://sportwitness.co.uk/watford-m...ision-strong-slap-face-frustrated-season-far/
