Southampton is expected to approve a restructuring of its top academy replacing its under-23s with a senior BArray
The Saints academy helped expand Gareth Bale, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Adam Lallana and Theo Walcott, and before that, the produced legends Alan Shearer and Matt Le Tissier.
The style of a senior B team has been used effectively in Europe through Barcelona, Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund.
The Southampton Academy that produced Gareth Bale’s adjustment structure (above)
The Saints, who also evolved to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, will become a senior B team
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