Paul Scholes Quotes

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.

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 had some very good players and some wonderful young players hitting the scene. Rio Ferdinand, Paul Scholes, David Beckham, Michael Owen - we had something tangible to work with and move forward.

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.

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

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

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

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.

If you look at most youngsters, they have worked well under Van Gaal. I had never heard of Thomas Muller at Bayern Munich before Van Gaal managed him, and he's now one of the best players in the world.

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.

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

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

I think there's always enough right in front of me worrying about who's playing the minutes tomorrow, but you've always got to have an eye on a year or two from now and what those guys will do if you think, 'Well, let's give them a full year at the 905 and see how they progress.'

Of course that's Ajax development, giving young players a chance.

You cannot achieve your goal just with young players. We have to see them growing in a stable, mature squad.

I believe you have to take care of the kids from the youth team, the ones coming through, and people like Butragueno know how to do that.

Fulham trust young players.

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

I'm really excited by this opportunity to continue helping develop and work with some of the great young players we have coming through in the first-team environment and to work alongside Unai and his coaching team to help Arsenal win trophies.

Of course, becoming champions is something we all want, but I think that the best 'championship' for a manager is to see players like Koke, Lucas Hernandez, Angel Correa - lads who have come up from all the way down in the lower divisions - become professionals of a high standard.

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

Liverpool give young players a good opportunity.

At Ajax, we have a certain philosophy that is sometimes more important than winning - the development of players.

I think for every young player of my age, they have to go out on loan. I know there's an U21 league and the Europa League for the youth teams, but it's not the same as playing men's football, when there's a lot more riding on it.