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Again, I think this is one of football's hackneyed fallacies. Can't think of too many careers that have been ruined by a badly timed introduction. For every one of those there must be about 300 whose careers have been ruined by not being given proper chances.
Either PL coaches are not very good judges of what denotes ready or European kids are much better players. Evidence suggests the former, and domestic teams from France, Spain and Germany and their international teams would seem to support that.
Until recently final league position didn't really matter that much if you weren't in relegation or european places as there was no difference in prize money for many leagues across europe. This means for many teams the last few games of the season are meaningless so they can blood youngsters. Many clubs also have b teams in lower divisions where their young playerscan play competitive matches in the same system as their parent club making the step up much less daunting.
Also many clubs can't afford to buy players and have no choice but to blood their youngsters.