Manchester United 1991-92: David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Nicky Butt
Barcelona 2002-03: Lionel Messi, Gerard Pique, Cesc Fabregas
Most people probably know of these two, but what are some other successful youth teams that featured multiple players who went on to play at the top level for both club and country?
Giggs was not in the same youth team as the others really. He was so exceptional he played in the first team at 17
Independiente 1994. Rotchen, Rios, Gustavo Lopez, Garnero y Rambert.
Do the lisbon lions count? Not sure if youth sides were a thing then.
Quality Street Kids a couple years after the Lisbon Lions with the likes of Dalglish, McGrain, Lou Macari, George Connolly etc probably closer to the description
It’s not necessarily gone on to produce the world’s best players but the Chelsea youth teams of the mid 2010s was insane.
In the early 2000s southampton had bale, Walcott and lallana come through and win a youth fa cup didn’t they?
I know different era but, didn’t Shearer and Le Tissier go through the academy at Southampton?
Raul and iker casillas of real Madrid
Didn’t Raul come through Atletico first?
Uniteds Busby babes before they all went to the first team would be my guess, 5 FA Youth Cups in a row and then what would have been possibly Uniteds greatest ever team before Munich is definitely a shout imo
Better than the ‘92 imo
In 1980 the Copa del Rey final was played between Real Madrid and Real Madrid Castilla
And Real Madrid won it 6-1 for anyone that wants to know
Santos 11-12
Chelsea 2017/2018 FA Youth Cup winners: Reece James, Marc Guehi, Conor Gallagher, Billy Gilmour, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Tariq Lamptey were all notable names in that squad
Roughly half of Argentina’s WC winning squad came from River Plate’s academy/ did a good part of their career at the club, including Julian Alvarez, Enzo Fernandez and Santiago Montiel
Zaragoza could do it now if they manage their players well, theyve got some great prospects
Real Madrid’s Quinta del buitre