Academy players are slow trainers which means more rests will be spent on them throught the seasons. I also want grey skills as low as possible. I paid 60-70T for a 108% AML-AMC-AMR 18y from my assistant on my old account because i didn t had enough money or rests to buy/train the player.
Now the player is 21y old and has around 60-70% defensive skills. My point is that if i need a GK-defender-MC i m ok with academy players from higher levels, but i want a 40-50% player for my long term project in attack i go auction route and test if the player trains fast or not. Just my thoughts...