"In football, most professional clubs have a programme for youth players commonly known as an Academy. Clubs scout young players both locally and internationally, and recruit them for development with the aim of turning them into first-team (or senior) players. Academy players or club-trained players are also known as ""homegrown talents"".
Examples of homegrown talents include Phil Foden of Manchester City, Reece James of Chelsea and Trent A. Arnold of Liverpool who each still play for the clubs that trained them. Foreign players can also be homegrown talents. For example, Argentinian Lionel Messi is a product of Barcelona's La Masia Academy in Spain. "