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"Manners maketh man, and that's exactly what Benfica expect from their players coming through the ranks.That's why their academy has a partnership with a local school in the Seixal area, where the campus is based, and the starlets receive an academic education alongside their footballing one.On top of that, 30 of the prospects live with host families in the surrounding community who aid the in the development process.Nascimento said: “The mission of Benfica’s academy is to guarantee the quality of technical training and educational enrichment of its players, of all age groups, with a focus on the integration into the clubs first team, promoting human values such as respect, responsibility, solidarity, justice and tolerance.”In recent years, Benfica have sold nearly £500m worth of talent - most of them homegrown - to the world's biggest football clubs.Ederson, who went to Portugal as a 15-year-old boy from the favelas of São Paulo, played just 56 times for the club before Pep Guardiola paid £35m for the shotstopper during the 2017 preseason - a then record fee for a keeper.The mission of Benfica’s academy is to guarantee the quality of technical training and educational enrichment of its players, of all age groups, with a focus on the integration into the clubs first team, promoting human values such as respect, responsibility, solidarity, justice and tolerance.”Silva, who City added to their ranks that same year for a cost of £43.5m from Monaco, spent 11 years in Benfica's academy before the French side bought him for £14m in 2015.Then there was the curious case of ex Swansea misfit, Sanches.