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"Yes long-term but if you look at Ajax I was a player there and I knew the organisation very well, and I knew the coaches. I think the strength of Ajax has always been their recruitment, because all the young players in Holland want to play for Ajax. For them there's only one club and it's not like England when they have a choice of teams. The recruitment is so good that all the best players in Holland play for Ajax. I think the development could be even better at Ajax so it's important for us to bring the best players here to Liverpool and then we can develop them. I liken it to building a house with all my coaches and all my assistants and all the people who are working here at the Academy. In the house we start with the management on the ground floor which is like the foundation. We will then set our goals and our philosophy. The second part of the house is the first floor which about having the right mentality. Part three is the technical part, part four is the tactical part and the fifth part is the physical part. I've seen many coaches who have tried to coach the young players and they start from the roof if you like which means it's always unstable. We always try and do it the other way and build the house in sections until the players reach the age of 18 or 19 years ago. Then we have the possibility of comparing them to players in the first team. For example we can compare their strength and speed. Then we can say if this player is at this level then maybe he will have a chance of getting to Melwood."
Metaphorical reference to football as a house along with Rafa;s interior designing furniture based metaphors. They should have a blast working together.
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Oh come on, you really think i'd have kurtangled myself THAT stupidly??
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