If true I feel sorry for them. Duped into believing this is a massive opportunity for them by agents/representatives who will get short term gains from them.
In reality, they become just numbers in an overfilled bucket where the 'big' clubs hoover up anyone who may possibly be good in the future. Lumped in with numerous other young players who have been led to believe they are the best thing. Each believing the fantasy, overpaid and have their ego's massaged. Only to see themselves stagnate, loaned out to lower league clubs at exuberant charge, making money for the mother club and later discarded.
At the end of their career's, which has drifted down and not a pot to piss in any more, they wonder what could have been, had they stayed and fought for a first team place at their initial club.
I hate the Premier League and what its done, allowing greed to take over. If a big club wants a player, as we've seen in the past, there's nothing we can do and we get peanuts.