Eddie Howe believes Newcastle now have the structures in place that will prevent the failure to recognise and develop the talent of a player like Ivan Toney.
The Brentford striker, 26, is celebrating his maiden England call-up this week, four years after being sold by Newcastle to Peterborough for just £300,000.
Rafa Benitez was manager at the time but he has always maintained club staff did not inform him of Toney's potential and that he never spent one day training with his senior squad.
The handling of Toney - he was sent on loan six times - was symptomatic of a club lacking a sporting director and a connection between academy and first team.