This isn't to say the academy system is all good.
"The academy system is working very well," said Cueto.
At 23 years old he is in the England squad, having bypassed the academy system.
Really, the clubs and the Premier League are in charge of the academy system.
They join the party and work within the academy system or choreograph the Olympic opening ceremony.
But while the report tells you what many academies do, it doesn't tell you what the academy system does.
"I've worked in the academy system since it began and no one has ever asked for information like that.
Of the 10,000 boys currently in the academy system, only one to two per cent will make the grade.
Grujic came through the academy system at Red Star and has represented Serbia at various youth levels, although he is yet to earn his first senior cap.
It almost asks the question of whether the academy system is too rigid and struggles to allow players the freedom to develop.
The Bundesliga 2 clubs at first resisted the academy system, due to its high cost, but they, too, were eventually persuaded.
