Arsene Wenger dedicated a few years of Arsenal's history to the development
of young players at the club, with the spine of the side featuring the likes of Fabregas, Wilshere, Nasri and Szczesny.
In the build up to the game I read some interesting comments by Jurgen Klopp to the effect that he prefers to keep
promising young players at the club rather than sending them out on loan.
Right now there is a very exciting group of
talented young players at the club who could and should be pushed up into the senior ranks but the usual will happen, one or two will get a game in the early rounds of cup games then loaned out season after season until they just forgotten about and leave disillusioned never heard from again while he wastes resources on crap like Xhaka.
Swann, who also works
with younger players at the club and will co-coach a 12s team with his wife Gayle this season, loves the benefit of having the younger players being at the same facility as the oldest.
Ever since taking over as manager of Arsenal 18 years ago, Arsene Wenger has made the development
of young players at the club one of his main priorities.
Despite Diego Costa's expected exit from Chelsea after his breakdown with his manager, it's still difficult to see Antonio Conte putting his faith in
the younger players at the club immediately, with Tammy Abraham arguably in the same position.
In fact,
the young players at the clubs Mourinho manages lose interest and move to other clubs.
He seems to have the faith of the board, and if can bring along some of
the young players at the club, then he'll do well at Leeds.»
While gaining promotion back into the Premier League is crucial next season, another aspect Villa need to be focusing on will be bringing through
the younger players at the club.
Mourinho has been making positive noises about the future of
the young players at the club this season, and it seems a no brainer that for a third striker, Bamford would be a perfect fit, especially given that he helps us fulfill our quota for English players.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is playing down any reports that the club's forward line will become unsettled at the arrival of Zlatan Ibrahimović, stating his influence as a «gift» to
the younger players at the club.