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How the search for younger players isdriving the Premier League’s internal transfer market

England’s top division buys more teenage players than any top European league, and it’s creating a market all its own

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Leander Schaerlaeckens3 Sept 2026, 09:00 amUpdated 5h ago1 min readSportsGlobal
How the search for younger players is driving the Premier League’s internal transfer market

Global — Leander Schaerlaeckens

England’s top division buys more teenage players than any top European league, and it’s creating a market all its own

The boy prophesied to be the next Frenkie de Jong made a mere 20 first-team appearances in the Eredivisie for Ajax before moving on to Newcastle United this summer. Sean Steur is 18. And once a credible Premier League club came calling, there was little the four-time European champions could do to hang on to a prodigy who would sooner play for the 1968-69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup winners. Newcastle were willing to pay $27m (£20m) for him, or north of $1m per senior appearance.

De Jong, for what it’s worth, had been a regular in the Ajax first team for two years, before departing for Barcelona at age 22.

The boy prophesied to be the next Frenkie de Jong made a mere 20 first-team appearances in the Eredivisie for Ajax before moving on to Newcastle United this summer. Sean Steur is 18. And once a credible Premier League club came calling, there was little the four-time European champions could do to hang on to a prodigy who would sooner play for the 1968-69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup winners. Newcastle were willing to pay $27m (£20m) for him, or north of $1m per senior appearance.

This report is published with credit to The Guardian. The wire sent a summary; open the original for any extra context. Read on The Guardian →

Source: The Guardian · Leander Schaerlaeckens. Published 3 Sept 2026, 09:00 am.

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