hi guys, im a level 2 manager and have decided to invest this season in some 18yos who i can hopefully train on and have them as useful players for at least a few levels to come.

I bought 6 guys, all valued at purchase between 1.5M and 1.75M, all 19 quality (3, almost 4* to me), all 18yos.

I've found they are training quite well and so i'm attempting to power train all 6 simultaneously to speed things along a little. They're all in my first team and usually play twice a day most days.

Is all of that and throwing some green packs at them for PT gonna be enough to get them to be 4* players for me at level 4 or 5 though or do people think that really i'm wasting my time hoping that these guys can be the core of my team for another 4 or 5 levels? Will they continue to improve at a similar rate as 19, 20, 21yos?

To give an example of the development speed, one of the 1.7M ones was signed the evening of day 1 this season and he had 299 skill points, just one short of becoming a 4* player for me. With very little power training involved, he's now got 352 before we consider day 14's gains, so 12 days, 53 points. Thats obviously encouraging, but will these guys be able to continue anything like that as they improve and age so that i could still be using them as 4* players in level 4-5 or do they simply not have it in them without lots and lots of PT?

Sorry for the long post, any advice welcome