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KIERAN GILL: What has happened to the Academy of Football? West Ham haven't given a new homegrown player a start for FOUR years, raising a bigger issue at the top of the game
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January 20, 2024
KIERAN GILL: This month marks four years since a West Ham academy graduate last broke through to begin a league match, Jeremy Ngakia in a 2-0 loss to Liverpool at the London Stadium in January 2020. It's been a long time for another breakthrough from a well-known talent factory. Too long for a fanbase craving a connection after seeing Ngakia (now of Watford), Grady Diangana (West Brom), Josh Cullen (Burnley), Harrison Ashby (Newcastle, on loan at Swansea), Sonny Perkins (Leeds), Jamal Baptiste (Manchester City) and many more leave