What actually happens inside Category 1-4 academies. The pathway, the bench warmers who became stars, the kids who didn't make it.
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Newcastle were forced to sell Elliot Anderson in order to comply with the Premier League's financial regulations. The new SCR rules would have seen him stay on Tyneside.
Thousands of footballers face the axe from professional academies every year, but the EFL Exit Trials offer players one last chance of keeping their dreams alive.
The path to football's elite level is long and difficult. Few make it to the top, and even fewer stay there. Discover just how brutal the 'fall-out' rate is.
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