Ronald Koeman Quotes

That's the big thing for youngsters. When you go, you don't want a manager that's not going to have any trust in young players.

I know English football people say you have to look out for young players, that maybe they can play 15 or 20 games but not more. They are afraid. I am not afraid to put young players in. I am not afraid but maybe they are.

Pochettino's a great manager, and he puts a lot of trust in young English players.

It's every manager's dream, I suppose, to build a team by coaching young players of 15 to 17. That's why I started a youth scheme.

I think that's the philosophy of all top teams - to educate young, top players and to give them the possibility to play.

Arsene Wenger gives youngsters opportunities, and if he thinks that you're good enough, he'll play you.

We have to let them grow, because young players can always improve. That goes for Jack Wilshere, too.

Ultimately, good players need to play and they don't always at a young age in England.

Coaches coach guys on the field. I get to spend time with practice squad receivers and tight ends or a young center who's always inactive on Sundays... I feel really good about having an impact on those guys and their careers.

Football's about the young players, bringing youth team players through to the first team and hopefully getting the best out of them so they can go on to play for their country.

I think it's pretty unique to see a coach adjust to the talent he has and maximize the abilities of players he has and help them keep growing.

Whenever senior players are missing, its ideal for youngsters to avail of these opportunities.

It's very easy to say take a player, a world-class player out of the system of playing and just push him into a coaching role but coaching is a whole other thing. It's a skill.

There was no better manager at developing young players than Sir Alex. He knew just when to bring them in and take them out, and he believed in Paul Pogba. For once, in Paul's case, it did not work out. The timing was wrong, and the difference between expectation on the player's side and the manager's idea of his development did not match up.

I want players to think: 'OK, this has happened now, what is next for me?' That's a very big target because what are academies about nowadays? Is it really just to find one or two players? But what happened to the others? I'm very, very interested in that.

Bryan Gray at Preston gave me a chance, even though Joe Royle and Ian Rush were being linked with the job. He taught me an awful lot about structuring the job and encouraged me to invest in young players.

Fulham trust young players.

Van Gaal is the kind of guy who can really make individual players better.

I adapt my idea of football to my players, not adapt my players in my idea of football. It's important because there are others players that must play. The players are the most important things in football. I adapt my idea within my players.

There are not too many coaches who trust in young guys.

When I made the transition from player to coach, I evaluated myself and saw that I needed to improve my personality. I would fight with players - literally. I was 35, and you can't be like that; you have young players to guide. You have to transmit calm.

My first target is not to win: it's to develop young players with our work. That was my first idea when I started as a coach, because with this work come results.

In Germany, young players are given more time, more patience. In England, they prefer to buy already-high-level players rather than spending some time building up a really talented young guy.

I began training the young players at Nova Iguacu and at Boavista, and I enjoyed it. I had always wanted to be a coach, and this accelerated the process.

I think the 20-year-old me from that time, if I could have been managed under Jurgen Klopp, I'd have benefitted.