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Some fantastic quotes in this piece on youth football. Great to see that Heighway's back on board, and that kids are being encouraged to play for their schools and local clubs as well as the academy.
Klopp's quotes just remind me of the famous Shankly quote along the lines of "football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better" - he just gets it doesn't he, makes it so simple that you wonder why we ever deluded ourselves trying to do anything different.
All of this section sums up my views on what youth football should be, at least in the younger age groups (<15):
“I worked as a youth coach when I was very young. I got a team to manage and after one year the sports director came to me and asked me how many new players do you want for next year?
"I said: 'I don't want new players.' He said: 'Always take new players, the best from other clubs.'
"But I said I wasn't interested. I wanted to keep that team and work with them.
"You need scouting, of course. You need to have the best talents as much as possible, but I don't know the way to find out which 10-year-old boy will really go through. It's much too early at that age.
“I'd always say: 'Stay in your club, don't travel a lot, focus on your education. Just play football because it's the best game in the world, it's fun and play as often as you can.'
“It's better playing football 20 times a week in school than training three times a week with other players.”
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