Jerome Boateng Quotes

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

Arsenal have a history of bringing through youngsters, giving them opportunities, and turning them into world-class players.

Sometimes clubs take their ownership of a young player for granted and do not necessarily do the best thing for their development.

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

We draft mostly high school kids and we have one of the finest, if not the finest, player development programs and coaching staffs and we teach our players the right way to play. We also have a game plan in scouting, and there are certain types of players that we look for.

German football is like English football. The Germans and the English do not play like a Brazilian side. They have to improve, bring up their young players, who have character.

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.

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

Ajax always bring through young players from their academy - we can't pay €20m for a player, so we make sure we develop those players and give them the opportunity to play.

It's very difficult to pick a 17-year-old who's had 10 minutes of first-team football. You're talking about replacing senior players with some 17-year-olds who haven't played Premier League football.

English players are as easy to coach. The problem is that the Premier League has the best players in the world, and statistically not all of them can be born in England. But we don't have enough English players: we are working very hard on it.

I see differences in how I like to work with young players and how I like to give young players a chance maybe more than English managers.

The quality of our academy system is very high, as good as anything in the world. Around the country, lots of people in youth development are keen to get together and find a solution to that 17-to-21 age bracket and how we get those players playing.

Maybe we have more young English players than people sometimes think. They just need a chance to show their ability.

Fulham trust young players.

You look at the NBA: there's all these young kids that are drafted on potential. They go to bad teams, they're in bad locker rooms, and now we got this analytics stuff that doesn't teach kids how to play. We've got these workout coaches that don't teach kids how to play basketball.

Germany, when you're a young player, is the best. There are lots of young talents here, and people have faith in them.

There is a big emphasis at Liverpool to have an academy that brings through young players.

Our philosophy is to give the young players a chance for the future because they are our future.

I played for Barcelona, for Ajax, where it's important to develop and integrate young talent.

I am dreaming that Italy can return to having lots of important talent. We need to grow our young players.

If I can be a role model, or if I can maybe make another manager play a young player coming through rather than buy a player, that's incredible.

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.