Lanterne Rouge Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 Ollie Watkins transfer cash helps fund Exeter City training ground plans - BBC Sport It just goes to show what it means to a club like Exeter when they can develop `one of their own`. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 They’ve received about £11m from Watkins in total so far: £6.5m initial fee, £4m in sell-on profit and now £450k in other add-ons. Not quite Lloyd Kelly levels yet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossi the Robin Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 My dads friend is an avid Exeter ST holder - every time Watkins makes an England appearance he rubs his hands together as they make quite a lot of cash from it 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 4 hours ago, Rossi the Robin said: My dads friend is an avid Exeter ST holder - every time Watkins makes an England appearance he rubs his hands together as they make quite a lot of cash from it Well I’m glad we didn’t sign him now, we’d be forever in Exeter’s debt Very pleased for him, his mum comes into our work. When he visits her and his old Newton Abbot mates come over and want to know about playing for England or scoring hat tricks against Liverpool, she shouts at him “Oliver, don’t get big headed now” Seems like a decent chap. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 It's good to see some lower League clubs, getting rewarded as they should for the work that goes into development of talent- has long been a problem in terms of matching effort to club reward, but sounds like Exeter do good business on this front. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted October 15, 2021 Report Share Posted October 15, 2021 Exeter have a fantastic academy, and do things the right way. The amount of young lads they bring through really shows this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted October 16, 2021 Report Share Posted October 16, 2021 So do people think Exeter ‘should’ go for cat 2? The same way city ‘should’ go for cat 1? They do fine at their current level bringing through players without the need to be at a higher level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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