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In past months, Argentine manager Mauricio Pochettino had already talked about a young 17-year old who according to him, is one of the players with the brightest future ahead of him. This youngster's name is Marcus Edwards, who is a winger and has god-like speed and amazing dribbling skills. Pochettino doesn't understand why the hype around him isn't rivaled to that of Marcus Rashford or Renato Sanches, he thinks that is Edwards was Brazilian or from Argentina, people would notice him.
Trying to explain why this happens, the only explanation Pochettino could come up with is that: "It is cultural. Maybe if Marcus Edwards were born in Brazil or Argentina, today he would be one of the most interesting prospects in football in the world. Maybe all the big teams would be fighting to buy him. But he is at Tottenham, he is in England and, at 17, he is still a kid. We cannot appreciate he is a man, nearly a man, and he deserves to play. That is the cultural difference."
He continued: "The Premier League is one of the stronger financial leagues, and Tottenham – like Liverpool and all the clubs – prefer to buy experience and quality, bring a player who is 24, 23 or 26 that performs quickly, rather than give time to the younger players and wait to build a prospect like Marcus Edwards. That is the balance. Tottenham is in a different project. Of course, we bring in players but we try to give the opportunity to the younger players who have potential one day to be in the first team. It is for the clubs to sell the players as they need the money to survive. In Argentina if you are 19 or 20 and you haven't made your debut people think you are not a good player. It is a completely different vision of football."
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