As football gets more globalised, it's probably more important than ever to have one or two players in your team who have grown up in the same streets or been to the same schools as the hard-core fans.
Big teams need a core of players who have their roots at their clubs, who grow with their clubs and who embody the culture. Representing it on the pitch and outside as well.
I appreciate that Bayern always wants to have the best German talents.
Most clubs would actually like homegrown players because they're a lot cheaper.
English football is in a bad way because the foreign players here are so good, so dominant.
Ajax has always been about homegrown players developed in a small country.
We want to bring our own players through. That is what people like about Ajax.
The group of players that you see in the Barca dressing room is unique. There are a lot of homegrown players and others who really care for Barcelona a lot as well.
I think in the future we need to look at our youth department to provide more players for the first team think it is important for a club to have a good amount of players that have roots with the club and region.
