There is definitely a trend in Italy of looking back rather than forward. I think things in Italian football often take too long to change and move forward. Whether it's with stadium infrastructure, or with attitude towards young players, or whatever. Once upon a time it was definitely reasonable and generally the right thing to do to bring through young players slowly but surely. However, nowadays it seems like if young players aren't continually exposed to top level football from a young age that their development stagnates, and they get bypassed by players that do get exposed to top level football regularly. I'm sure things in Italy will eventually get with the times, but like usual it would probably have been at least a few years too late.