re: Why doesn’t Mexico produce world class players?

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Their youth devel has been arse for quite some time, which is why the Guardado generation stayed in power as long as it did. So even if they wanted to start pushing more guys to Europe, it's not like clubs in top leagues are beating down the doors for a bunch of meh talent.

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Until this thread made me revisit the issue, I had no idea how prevalent the corruption and pay for play was in Mexican soccer. Also had no idea how connected the youth soccer setup was. You're never going to do well producing or developing elite talent with that kind of system.