do you know the way past san jose

[Phil236849]

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=4...:+We+must+focus

 

coat on

[Magic8Ball]

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=4...:+We+must+focus

 

coat on

Another defender ? - isnt about time we started signing creative midfielders, wingers, attacking midfielders, playmakers etc

[CarraLegend]

Another defender ? - isnt about time we started signing creative midfielders, wingers, attacking midfielders, playmakers etc

 

What like Brouwer, Duran and Astrit whateverhisnameis?

[JimmyF]

LIVERPOOL WANTS TO FILE TO THE YOUTHFUL MIKEL SAN JOSE

 

Lezama already knows of the interest by the international power station

 

 

POWERFUL. Mikel San jOse struggles by a ball with a soccer player of the Numancia.

(PEDRO AGUSTÍN)

 

 

14.03.2007

 

The Liverpool wants to fish in Lezama and, as it could not be of another way, a fat fish. The club of Anfield already has let know to the Navarrese Mikel San jOse, youthful international defense of the Athletic, that it wants to file to him for the next campaign. The rumor untied in one radio in Pamplona and AS could certify that in Ibaigane already it is known that reds offers to him to integrate itself in their rows. The logical thing is that, initially, the English proposal is for forging to him in the second equipment, but training to the orders of Rafa Benítez. An operation similar to which the Liverpool will approach with youthful of the Malaga the Francis Durán. When not having professional contract, if San jOse take refuges abroad in a change of residence, to the Athletic only it they would have left to perceive the rights of formation and promotion, about 100,000 euros.

 

San jOse, of 17 years, only takes two seasons in Lezama, although he was followed close by during several campaigns in the Txantrea and got to dispute several friendly ones with rojiblancos equipment in different stages. Her family is enchanted in the Athletic, but she tries to know what type of sport project offers to the multipurpose player, who in the last started off has played of defensive pivot. Its stopped ball incorporation has taken to mark five goals to him in 23 parties the orders of Julen Guerrero.

 

To the club only it has left to present/display a professional contract and to wait for that the young person to him, to title in the Selection Sub-19, not boarding in the English adventure. Nobody of Lezama has been escaped to the foreigner.

 

Miki Roqué, a ?network? companion of Selection

Mikel San jOse was one of the five soccer players of field who disputed yesterday the ninety minutes in the friendly one of Spanish the Sub-19 Selection that lost yesterday one to zero in a friendly one against Portugal. Power station of Villaba, locality of champion Miguel Indurain, could to interchange impressions on his case in call, since one of the members of the same one is Miki Roqué, who left in a similar situation of the Lleida and has made debut this campaign with Rafa Benítez in the Champions League, before the Galatasaray. Alvaro Arbeloa and Francis Durán are the last bets of reds. Cesc and the Almunias, each one in different dimension, guessed right leaving by the door back to the Arsenal. In the heat of way of the success is young like Fran Mérida, also with gunners, Sergio Tejera (Chelsea) and Gerard Piqué, who changed the Barça by the Manchester United and now she is making a good yielded campaign like in the Zaragoza. Hopefully San jOse does not fatten this list, although the temptation exists.

 

 

 

It looks like rafa is cornering the market on young power stations

[Magic8Ball]

What like Brouwer, Duran and Astrit whateverhisnameis?

D'oh !!!!

 

OK then More creative players ...... like Whateverhisnameis he's better than C Ronaldo ( runs for cover)

Edited March 14, 2007 by Magic8Ball

[Guest Linton]

I can only agree, how many f***in defenders is he going to sign (if this latest one is true)?

[Falconhoof]

I wonder how many young gems Ajax put through their academy before the few develop into players good enough for the first team?

 

We have gone through a massive change in strategy at youth level over the last year or two. Hope it bears fruit.

[genghis]

I wonder how many young gems Ajax put through their academy before the few develop into players good enough for the first team?

 

We have gone through a massive change in strategy at youth level over the last year or two. Hope it bears fruit.

 

I'm sure fyds could confirm it, but as far as I know, many hundreds of players go through the Ajax system, and only a handful make the 1st team. There was a documentary on it a few years back, and it was pretty brutal. Way less than 1% of the youngsters on the books turn pro as far as I remember - and that's after a pretty rigorous selection process in the first place.

[Falconhoof]

I'm sure fyds could confirm it, but as far as I know, many hundreds of players go through the Ajax system, and only a handful make the 1st team. There was a documentary on it a few years back, and it was pretty brutal. Way less than 1% of the youngsters on the books turn pro as far as I remember - and that's after a pretty rigorous selection process in the first place.

 

 

Thats what I suspected, we are getting them a little older, not much older though, and we're being more selective maybe but we seem to have taken this a step beyond what most other English clubs are doing.

 

Interesting, your choice of word 'brutal'. I'd have thought giving kids some training and a chance to show what they can do was a positive thing but we tend to see the fact that so many of them not becoming professionals as somehow cruel on the kids. I'm sure its disapointing for the kids that don't make it but thats a lesson in life right there. Not having a go at you in any way, I just find it interesting, we had a thread about developing youngstesr and the academy a while back and one or two expressed the view that it was somehow cruel to the kids.

[Marvin]

I don't think its cruel to the kids unless the academy leaves them unprepared for a future outside LFC or football. Credit to Heighway I think the academy has always tried to ensure that does not happen at least from what little I know about it.

[windy city red]

Thats what I suspected, we are getting them a little older, not much older though, and we're being more selective maybe but we seem to have taken this a step beyond what most other English clubs are doing.

 

Interesting, your choice of word 'brutal'. I'd have thought giving kids some training and a chance to show what they can do was a positive thing but we tend to see the fact that so many of them not becoming professionals as somehow cruel on the kids. I'm sure its disapointing for the kids that don't make it but thats a lesson in life right there. Not having a go at you in any way, I just find it interesting, we had a thread about developing youngstesr and the academy a while back and one or two expressed the view that it was somehow cruel to the kids.

 

Out of curiosity, how much academic schooling do these kids normally go through when they are at these football academies? I am very ignorant on such things, but the thought of them having nothing to fall back on if their professional football careers dont work out is somewhat harsh.

[Bootle Buck]

He'll have to open the "Benitez School for Young International Defenders"

[Magic8Ball]

maybe its easier to train defenders than attackers

[Magic8Ball]

More kids

 

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez is eyeing Murcia teenager Daniel Toribio Aquino Pintos.

 

While Dani is contracted to Segunda Liga Murcia until 2010, he can still move to a foreign club for a knockdown compensation fee.

 

Along with Liverpool, Barcelona and Sevilla have been in contact with Dani's Dad, the former Murcia star Dani Aquino, but it is the Premiership giants which have the clear advantage, says AS.

 

Dani Aquino is working with high-profile agent Gines Carvajal to secure his son the best possible pro deal and a move to Liverpool is under serious consideration.

 

 

Let me guess, defender ?????????

[jimmylibel]

More kids

 

 

Let me guess, defender ?????????

 

 

We're going to corner the market.

 

Anyone else wonder why Chelsea didn't have any good young defenders they could call up when they were going through their defensive injury crisis earlier this season...

Edited March 16, 2007 by jimmylibel

[Stevie H]

We're going to corner the market.

 

Anyone else wonder why Chelsea didn't have any good young defenders they could call up when they were going through their defensive injury crisis earlier this season...

they do have a couple out on loan though. the england u-19 captain or something is on loan at QPR i think and he's meant to be good.

[jimmylibel]

they do have a couple out on loan though. the england u-19 captain or something is on loan at QPR i think and he's meant to be good.

 

Sign him Rafa, sign him now!!!

[genghis]

 

 

Thats what I suspected, we are getting them a little older, not much older though, and we're being more selective maybe but we seem to have taken this a step beyond what most other English clubs are doing.

 

Interesting, your choice of word 'brutal'. I'd have thought giving kids some training and a chance to show what they can do was a positive thing but we tend to see the fact that so many of them not becoming professionals as somehow cruel on the kids. I'm sure its disapointing for the kids that don't make it but thats a lesson in life right there. Not having a go at you in any way, I just find it interesting, we had a thread about developing youngstesr and the academy a while back and one or two expressed the view that it was somehow cruel to the kids.

 

'Brutal' referred to how tough the Ajax academy were on youngsters while they were there, not so much the eventual selection/rejection. I can remember watching one of the 1st team full-time coaches laying in to a team of 13 year olds, telling them they were skilless, not trying, a disgrace, and none of them would make it. That was a half time pep talk!

 

But yeah fundamentally agree with you that it's required. No use taking on youngsters who don't have the mental resilience to cope with failure and criticism, as they can be sure to get a load of that as pro footballers.