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Meet Mikkel Duelund: The teenage talent who snubbed the Premier League to develop in Denmark

Rushing to the first big club is not always the best policy, as one exciting Midtjylland midfielder is proving there are alternative routes to the top

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It’s an often overlooked fact that there’s more than one way to the top in football. Even the top teenage talents can get swallowed up by the game’s biggest clubs, never to appear at the peak of the game.

Indeed, as the big players are increasingly monopolised by the most financially powerful sides, it stands to reason that it is harder for youngsters to break through at elite clubs.