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The Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) is a youth development scheme initiated by the Premier League. The intention of the EPPP is to improve the quality and quantity of home-grown players produced by top English clubs.[1] Measures introduced by the EPPP to free up movement of younger players by establishing a hierarchy of association football academies in England and fixing the transfer fees between academies have proved controversial[2] and some smaller clubs closed their academies in response to the changes.[3]
- ^ "Elite Player Performance Plan, Premier League Youth Development". Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ "Jeremy Peace could scrap West Brom academy « Express & Star". Expressandstar.com. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ Fletcher, Paul (8 June 2012). "Wycombe Wanderers scrap youth academy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2016.