"CIES Football Observatory" conducted a unique study and identified the teams of the Old Continent that are best at developing young players. Several criteria were chosen: a promising footballer from 15 to 21 years of age had to have been with the team for at least three seasons and now represent one of the 31 strongest teams in Europe. The teams with the best academies and scout work are Amsterdam's "Ajax" and Belgrade's "Partizan" - with 77 and 74 high-level players, respectively. In third place is the "Barcelona" club (57), which stood out from the European TOP5 league teams (highlighted in red in the table - ed.note). The Catalonian team surpassed Madrid's "Real" (7th place, 47), "Lyon" (15th place, 40), and "Man Utd" (18th place, 39). Interestingly, none of the Turkish, Cypriot, Romanian, or Norwegian clubs made it into the top 100."
