Brayden Clarke

[SilverstoneWolf]

Very disappointing in Brayden Clarke that after 7 years in Wolves' Academy and being selected for Wales U17 at age 15, the lad has decided to quit Wolves and is about to sign for Arsenal. Apparently we get £0 for having nurtured his talent for 7 years. Anyone know why this is allowed to happen, and why not a penny in 'compensation'?

I hope we are scouring the academies of other clubs for talent if this is allowed!

 

[Monketron]

Very disappointing in Brayden Clarke that after 7 years in Wolves' Academy and being selected for Wales U17 at age 15, the lad has decided to quit Wolves and is about to sign for Arsenal. Apparently we get £0 for having nurtured his talent for 7 years. Anyone know why this is allowed to happen, and why not a penny in 'compensation'?

I hope we are scouring the academies of other clubs for talent if this is allowed!

We poach from smaller academies and in turn we get poached by bigger academies. We have a place in the food chain which is nearer the top thankfully but they'll always be bigger clubs who have superior budgets and can offer more prestige too.

Hard not to get annoyed when we lose someone promising but imagine how all the smaller club's fans feel when we signed their promising youngsters.

 

[SteveBullsKnee]

I’m not bitter, I hope he has the same boring none descript career as his dad did

 

[Surrey Wolf]

Very disappointing in Brayden Clarke that after 7 years in Wolves' Academy and being selected for Wales U17 at age 15, the lad has decided to quit Wolves and is about to sign for Arsenal. Apparently we get £0 for having nurtured his talent for 7 years. Anyone know why this is allowed to happen, and why not a penny in 'compensation'?

I hope we are scouring the academies of other clubs for talent if this is allowed!

I don't understand why we don't get compensation unless we told him to go on a free

 

[Premier Quality]

Unless we kicked him out, we will get compensation

 

[WolfLing]

Unless we kicked him out, we will get compensation

Yes, it will be a very small amount, but we should get something.

 

[Rhoswolf]

I’m not bitter, I hope he has the same boring none descript career as his dad did

Too right, wish him failure with a capital "F".

 

[WISAW]

It happens. We do it to smaller clubs so can't moan when it happens to us. Would expect a fee unless something else has occurred behind the scenes and we let him leave for free.

 

[Justawolf]

Don't like him now

 

[Oldgold Wolfcub]

Don't like him now

Oh well that is one less christmas card for you to send out.

 

[giantwolf]

Unless we kicked him out, we will get compensation

Exactly this, he was on a two year scholarship

 

[hollo]

We will be heavily compensated if he does well as we are a category A academy. You can poach but you have to pay. Probably future sell on too.

 

[oldgolded]

Just been reading about it. Frustrating, but that's how things are now. It would be so satisfying to see players breaking into the first team who had been at the club since they were nine years old.

 

[Oldgold Wolfcub]

Unless we kicked him out, we will get compensation

This very much suggests that we did let him go. Free agent!!!

Wolves Won’t Get Compensation From Starlet’s Arsenal Move

Wolves will miss out on a compensation fee for Brayden Clarke, who is set to sign for Arsenal.

insidefutbol.com

 

[SilverstoneWolf]

If we did just 'let him go' (or 'kick him out') that would presumably EITHER be because we did not think he was going to make it (strange Wales & Arsenal think he might) OR because there is something not right in his attitude. If either is true, then we are are best saying 'cheerio' now rather than paying him to stay and not make it (like so many, I'm afraid...)

 

[Sussex Wolf]

This very much suggests that we did let him go. Free agent!!!

Wolves Won’t Get Compensation From Starlet’s Arsenal Move

Wolves will miss out on a compensation fee for Brayden Clarke, who is set to sign for Arsenal.

insidefutbol.com

Not necessarily. If he was offered a contract, but declined because he was aware of interest from bigger clubs, then he’d still become a free agent without us “letting him go”.

 

[Surrey Wolf]

Not necessarily. If he was offered a contract, but declined because he was aware of interest from bigger clubs, then he’d still become a free agent without us “letting him go”.

Except he's on year 1 of a 2yr scholarship

 

[Sussex Wolf]

Except he's on year 1 of a 2yr scholarship

Hmmm. Curious then.

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Rule change needed surely. Going to arsenal because they’ve offered him more wages a nice car and house. Iv heard these academy stories time and time again. Daniel Sturridge was classic case of this when he was younger in the academy of villa. All about the money villa, cov, man city crazy

 

[SuperGran]

Rule change needed surely. Going to arsenal because they’ve offered him more wages a nice car and house. Iv heard these academy stories time and time again. Daniel Sturridge was classic case of this when he was younger in the academy of villa. All about the money villa, cov, man city crazy

How many of our academy have come from Man City?

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

How many of our academy have come from Man City?

The point I was making. He is chasing money.

We all know we have a good relationship with Man City. Hodge, Griffiths over recent time. Could add Doyle and maybe McAtee soon first teamers but city academy

 

[lets all have a disco]

No difference to us nicking Chiwome from Wimbledon.....you win some , you lose some...

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

No difference to us nicking Chiwome from Wimbledon.....you win some , you lose some...

GERRIM on the bench

 

[Surrey Wolf]

No difference to us nicking Chiwome from Wimbledon.....you win some , you lose some...

At lower age groups yes but this kid had already signed a 2yr scholarship.... can't remember the last time that happened to us, although i accept better players means more hawks

 

[North West Wanderer]

I don't understand unless he is truly exceptional, why he would move to Arsenal. We literally had a kid on the bench last week, at Arsenal you have world class players blocking your way. Short sighted.

 

[Surrey Wolf]

I don't understand unless he is truly exceptional, why he would move to Arsenal. We literally had a kid on the bench last week, at Arsenal you have world class players blocking your way. Short sighted.

He's obviously had some sort of falling out, thanked his former teamates but not coaches or the club on his instagram post

 

[JadeWolf]

I don't understand unless he is truly exceptional, why he would move to Arsenal. We literally had a kid on the bench last week, at Arsenal you have world class players blocking your way. Short sighted.

£££££

 

[stever]

I’m not bitter, I hope he has the same boring none descript career as his dad did

Who's his old man?

 

[Prestatynwolf]

Who's his old man?

Nigel quashie I think

 

[Edinburgh Wolf]

I’m not bitter, I hope he has the same boring none descript career as his dad did

I reckon he'd probably take a boring career of 400+ games, mainly in the top 2 tiers in England, plus 16 international caps, if you offered him it just now Not many achieve that!

 

[giantwolf]

Who's his old man?

Nigel quashie I think

Correct

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Correct

Ah Nigel sidewards and backwards! He taught Karl Henry everything in our promotion season lol. Comical journey man but had a decent career. No doubt a millionaire. Fair play

 

[SteveBullsKnee]

I reckon he'd probably take a boring career of 400+ games, mainly in the top 2 tiers in England, plus 16 international caps, if you offered him it just now Not many achieve that!

5 premier league relegations to his name and I reckon I could have played for Scotland during that period. Let’s not pretend he was anything but awful

 

[wolfslair]

Rule change needed surely. Going to arsenal because they’ve offered him more wages a nice car and house. Iv heard these academy stories time and time again. Daniel Sturridge was classic case of this when he was younger in the academy of villa. All about the money villa, cov, man city crazy

There are financial limits on “gifts”’to entice a signing for academy players

 

[WickedWolfie]

I’m not bitter, I hope he has the same boring none descript career as his dad did

I'd settle for a career mostly at PL and Chump level and the pay to match thank you very much.....

 

[SteveBullsKnee]

I'd settle for a career mostly at PL and Chump level and the pay to match thank you very much.....

I’m sure we all would as we don’t have the ability to do so. However if you did have the ability a career like Quashie’s isn’t exactly earth shattering is it? He does hold the record for most top flight relegations, im sure he’s super proud of that. Made Karl Henry look like Phil Foden

 

[Teddy Ruxpin]

It's disappointing to loose an academy player to Arsenal at such an age.

I can't understand it for money reasons, it's not as if hes the breadwinner in the family, he'll have come from a comfortable life.

He's either had a falling out or he's just made keen on a switch to a 'bigger' club. He's still relatively young and there's a long way to go in development as a first team player.

Even if the richest of the Premier league are beyond what most of us can fathom it is still a short career and you can't deny players their dreams but, from the outside at least, it seems an odd move.

 

[QB Wolf]

Quashie has a couple of businesses has soccerzone in Lye, he runs his own football school IPDA from there, just opened a darts academy there. Think he’s involved in Boingzone too in Stourbridge, he’s still having to work fairly hard so who knows how well off he is.

 

[North West Wanderer]

Quashie has a couple of businesses has soccerzone in Lye, he runs his own football school from there IPDA from there, just opened a darts academy there. Think he’s involved in Boingzone too in Stourbridge, he’s still having to work fairly hard so who knows how well off he is.

indeed. without sounding flippant, being a millionaire doesn’t mean you don’t have to work.
From experience those with money tend to spend it too!

 

[wolfslair]

indeed. without sounding flippant, being a millionaire doesn’t mean you don’t have to work.
From experience those with money tend to spend it too!

Also isn’t it responsible to hustle to set up business that sustains you long term with fresh income to protect savings? Footballers are a long time retired.

Also those businesses if they do well can present opportunities and support to kids/family.

So fair play to him for everything he is doing outside the playing arena