I see nothing wrong is
signing youth players provided we balance it out with players in their prime.
But even if Arsenal had signed him in the winter, wouldn't they have deployed him to the Arsenal's Premier League II team or to their Under21 team or even loan him out21 instead of to start using him straightaway in their first team starting XI squad since this is usually the practice at Arsenal whenever
they sign a youth player thereby underutilising Mbappe's potential in their senior team?.
When
we sign youth players its a gamble.
It's now no longer possible to
sign a Youth Player with a wage greater than your available wage budget.
Not exact matches
I love the fact that Arsenal is a family orientated club where no matter what happens everyone will get a fair chance to prove themselves, be it because of a loss of form or recovery from long term injury or even when trying to break into the 1st team from the
youth setup However I feel that new high profile
signings such as Cech, Reus, (you add who you like) would lift the moral of the entire team and give many
players the confidence in their teammates that is needed when going into big games.
I hope for
players like Xhaka and Lukaku but I counter that with expecting
youth to be promoted or who will be back from injury soon and «like a new
signing».
With transfer fees continually on the rise and this summer seeing some crazy prices paid for
players, such as the
signing of rumoured Arsenal transfer target Gonzalo Higuain by Italian champions Juventus and the crazy money set to be shelled out by Manchester United for their former
youth star Paul Pogba, is this why Arsenal have made just one big transfer so far?
They'll
sign a bunch of mediocre
players to over long terrible contracts to block any
youth.
Great for Maureen to talk about giving chance to
youth players, then go and
sign a expensive big name at 29 years old For Ospina, I know he divided opinion but some statistics does not lie, we conceeded large number of goals from crosses in the 2nd half of the season — he is a consistent goalkeeper and fine shot stopper but never a commanding one.
I honestly think we should keep Flamini, he has a desire which new
players (
youth or
signing) can learn from in training and he is professional enough to keep himself fit even when he doesn't make the bench.
It's become a common understanding that Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger favours
youth over experience when it comes to
signing players and although the transfer window started off brightly with the
signing of Granit Xhaka, the Gunners have since had no real luck in obtaining their targets.
Pulido
signed a rolling contract that renews every two years when he was a
youth player.
I am hoping the 3
players does not include
youth players and we at least get a good CB and good forward but with Mktharyan, ibrahimovic, Batshuayi, Janssen, Nolito, Hulk, all
signed up and Higuain looking like going to Juventus, its not looking good for us.
The former
youth player collapsed only six minutes into his first game for the Spurs youngsters after a heart attack back in 2006, only nine days after
signing a professional contract at White Hart Lane.
If we sold Podolski, Campbell, Jenkison, Sanogo, Mertsacker and added the proceeds to # 50 million war chest, we would have over # 100 million to
sign Top striker, Top DM and Top defender and a
youth player or two.
Discounting
players such as Arteta, who are likely leaving on a free, this is a list of what I consider the remaining deadwood and the length of time since
signing with us or with the
youth, their debuts:
Or the token angry comments about our first
signing being a
youth player without the slightest comprehension that first - team and
youth - team scouting and negotiations would be done by completely different entities......
Next time we are having a discussion about spending big, marqueee
signings, world class
players,
players being too old or past it, taking punts on young talent and recognising the value of
youth systems remember this.
Just look at these
players; Lacazette, Sanchez, Giroud, Ozil, Walcott, Welbeck, Iwobi, Lucas Perez, Ramsey... and I have not included any new
signings as well as
players in the
youth ranks.
it will be the same... the new manager will still be required to gamble on
youth players and bargain
signings....
Wenger can't
sign every great
player who appears through
youth systems.
That's why we used
youth players like Ashley Cole over
signing new
players each time we needed a gap filling.
Letting someone
sign one
youth player most of whom never make it at Arsenal is hardly letting go of the reigns.
Vincenzo Montella has done an excellent job for the most part to keep them in contention for Europe this season, as he has had to bring through several quality
youth players while not being able to
sign the
players that he wants in the last two windows due to the delay over the takeover.
I would also like to see the
youth players given an opportunity over these over paid foreign mercenaries, and that includes the two new
signings.
We also have strong rumours that the Spain international Nolito is set to join Pep Guardiola at Man City while Chelsea have apparently beaten Crystal Palace and others to the Belgium international Michy Batshuayi but this might not be such bad news for Arsenal after all, because according to the football media the striker that Chelsea really wanted to
sign was their former
youth star Romelu Lukaku and I think the reason they have abandoned the pursuit of the Everton
player is because they know he is going elsewhere and that elsewhere could very well be Arsenal.
The 53 year - old would fit into Arsenal's philosophy of promoting
youth players through the ranks which would be a huge plus in his appointment, although he is not known for his big named
signings, which may worry the fans.
No point in Wenger jumping the gum to
sign players that might improve the squad, either make big
signings that will definitely improve the squad or show loyalty and use our
youth players.
I think we deserve to
sign players who are considered already great
players seeing as we have been targeting promising
youth for eons.
For your info», I had been told about Joel when we first
signed him, and I have followed the lads career since, watching him as well as other talented
youth players when the opportunity arises.
But the last
youth player we've
signed from south america is Wellington Silva if I'm not mistaken?
Our strategy is
youth development,
player signings, and
player retention».
his showing
signs of his
youth days when he was amazing, so why not let him kick the ball a few times to see after all he still is a Arsenal
player, nothing gained nothing lost as they say
Liverpool are open to drafting in the youngster on an initial loan deal though would prefer to
sign the
player on an outright basis and Rodgers» willingness to trust to
youth could lead Bamford to feel a move to Anfield may be one worth considering as a more viable path to suit his long term career progression.
Will we see new
signings replacing these 3
player's or will our
Youth players step up to replace them?
Personally, what with Wenger hinting of introducing afew
youth player's into the first team, I doubt that he will
sign more than one class
player, unless of course he sells a few
players first... Eg....
The 20 year old is in real danger of falling further down the pecking order at Arsenal, especially with the introduction of more first team
signings and
youth players such as Jeff Reine Adelaide overtaking him.
When we were
signing young
players for the lamentable project
youth, they were, with the exception of anelka, cesc and bellerin, generally relative nobodies with fewprofessional games under their belts, little in the way of
youth achievement that could be demonstrated, and having achieved nothing as pros.
Arsenal have just
signed two young Nigerian
youth international
players, so it is obvious that Arsene Wenger has got scouts watching African
players at the moment.
He or they may be world class, above average
players or just
youth players or perhaps all of the above but Wenger will
sign another
player of some type at least.
FIFA imposed a one - year ban on Atletico last year for
signing dozens of
youth players in breach of rules that prevent international child trafficking and luring youngsters from their home country.
It seems though that all of the success hasn't led to a lot of first team minutes and that some of the more successful
youth players haven't gone on to
sign homegrown deals.
An immensely popular
player at West Ham, Jack Collison had
signed as a seventeen year old from the Cambridge
youth setup and made his Hammers debut in a game against Arsenal in January 2008.
At a very early age, the best young
players sign with the
youth team of a pro club, and they are trained with the goal of either catching on with its senior team or eventually being sold to a richer club.
If I'm not mistaken, we got rid of 20 outfield
players and
signed 6
youth players and all the money the fans put into the club including # 3m gate receipt for the love of the Club.
When the San Jose Earthquakes
signed Gilbert Fuentes to a multi-year Homegrown
player contract in January, they were proud to announce that, at 15 years of age, the U.S.
youth international was the youngest
signing in club history.
Liverpool Football Club has been banned from
signing academy
players for 2 years and fined # 100,000 by the Premier League after being found guilty of offering illicit inducements to a
youth...
Players like Tyler Adams of the New York Red Bulls and Kellyn Acosta of FC Dallas are two recent examples of the MLS youth movement, as clubs seek to sign players at younger ages and give them more meaningful minutes with their senior
Players like Tyler Adams of the New York Red Bulls and Kellyn Acosta of FC Dallas are two recent examples of the MLS
youth movement, as clubs seek to
sign players at younger ages and give them more meaningful minutes with their senior
players at younger ages and give them more meaningful minutes with their senior teams.
Collison
signed with Peterborough United this past summer (his first
youth club in 1998) until finally announcing his retirement at 27 as a
player today, 13 February.
He cites the increase in homegrowns —
players signed from an MLS
youth academy directly to an MLS squad's senior roster — as the biggest factor in the league's push to become the best destination for domestic
players to develop.