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Last updated : 15 November 2007 By Adam Bryant

"How many young players taken by Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal have actually played for their first team?" he said.

"That is what happens all the time in England. When they see someone they like, they take him.

"They sign the boy to a contract, make all sorts of promises and then put him in their reserves and never give him a competitive game.

"I was surprised when Bruna left because he had been with us for three years and, as soon as he was about to mature, Liverpool took him."