High youth setup costs?

I'm currently managing Alloa Athletic in the Scottish League One, and I have found that I spend at least 20k each month on 'youth setup', which is double what I pay for wages. For last season, it shows close to 300k. That's a lot of money, especially for a SL1 club. I'm assuming I can place a board request to lower the expenditure for youth recruitment, but I'm not completely sure what's part of 'youth setup' in the finances view. Anyone that knows what is a part of the youth setup costs and how to lower it?

Youth recruitment and junior coaching, you can ask the board to reduce both.

Personally I'd take the short term hit for the long term benefit. Give the youth more of a chance (start the players with 4+ star PA, keep the 2+ star PA around for backups), sprinkle in some 30+ year olds with decent Determination for mentoring, Decisions, Leadership, etc)

All you need is a few players to come through and as you creep up the leagues you'll be able to cash in and then reinvest the money back into your facilities for the next batch.

Thanks. I think I might do that, but mainly I was just wondering where that big amount came from because personally I don't think the club can really afford it Was also afraid that it might be unaccounted for and some sort of 'bug' or something.

Aye its a balancing act, it can kill you in the leagues with poor domestic TV money and no European TV money. So you've got to commit to it, don't be afraid to play the youngsters and also don't be afraid to accept decent bids when they come in, even for the star youngsters.

If clubs are lowballing you then force in a friendly and a 50% sell on as a part of the deal. Most of the time the youngsters you sell won't kick on anyways and will just get released, but sometimes you'll land a nice little windfall down the line if the player moves on again.