As a level 2 manager you can normally dumb both players. The good one only justifies a signing if you power train him IMHO. And the other one normally deserves the signing, but at level 2 he will have quality 10-14 if you are lucky and is hard to sell or he has less than 10 quality and you can't even sell him.
But don't get too upset with youth academy. At level 2/3/4 it is not useful, but in the higher levels it brings good revenue.