Chapter 717 Youth Academy International

After a few days of vacation, David was refreshed, but when he returned to the club, he felt full of money. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

I was really afraid of what would come, and the three main players returned to Notts County without going to the training base, and were directly sent to the medical center.

Ribery did not particularly recover his muscles, and this time he strained again in the national team competition, but fortunately, it was not serious and only needed to recuperate for two weeks;

Mascherano has the same problem, with Lescott also suffering an honorable injury for the England national team.

After a long journey, after playing one or two fierce games, the other players rushed back over the mountains, not to mention the competitive state, and the physical condition can be seen to be obviously poor.

Loew really scratched his head this time, there was such a situation at the beginning of the league, and there was no one!

If it is replaced by other giants, the main lineup may be international players from various countries, but most of the substitute lineups may not be eligible for the national team squad, so that after the FIFA match day, although it is difficult, it will not be unavailable.

But the current situation in Notts County is that there are few people who can meet the requirements of the main team or the substitutes, which is really annoying.

And the upcoming league made Loew overstretched in terms of arrangement!

The first team is picky and picky, and it is impossible to come up with a squad in good physical condition, or let the players grit their teeth and persevere, but in this way, the probability of players being injured will greatly increase in the state of exhaustion, and Notts County has three players on the injury list, and if anyone is injured, Loew is estimated to cry to death!

Either a few players in good physical condition play with the reserve team, but the strength of the reserve players can be imagined, and it is estimated that at most it is the level of the middle of the Championship, I am afraid that the result of the game will be difficult to guarantee!

Or just give up the game and let the youth players feel the atmosphere of the game?

That's a good idea, but the oldest team in the academy is the U17s, but most of the young players are only 16 years old, and although they are not necessarily inferior to Premier League players in terms of individual skills, they are at a disadvantage in terms of game experience, reading ability, and physical confrontation.

Young players are prone to injury when they are in a tough battle with adults, and if they suffer a serious injury at this age, it is likely to affect their entire career, so this decision must be made carefully.

In addition, the appearance of young players is likely to bring a fiasco, for Notts County, it is already a given game, it doesn't matter what it looks like, but for young players, I am afraid it will seriously hit their self-confidence, from a psychological point of view, it is not conducive to the growth of young players, at least their psychology is not fully mature.

So Loew was a little hesitant.

Since I don't have a good idea, I simply go to a professional for advice, and this professional is naturally Notts County's youth director Rick Link.

Loew and David came to the academy together, David's frequent visitor is not very unusual, but Loew does not often come to the youth base, seeing Loew, the young players are all hot in their hearts, the current situation of the team is very clear to everyone, so Loew's purpose here is self-evident.

Walking into Rick Link's office, Loew said directly: "Young, I think you should know what I mean, the players in the first team are not in good health now, I don't plan to use the first team players as the main force in the next league game, if there are suitable players in the academy who can play, then we can let them feel the atmosphere of the Premier League, but if you think the young players are not yet at the level of playing in the Premier League, then I will send the reserve team to play!" ”

Rick Link was obviously prepared and said confidently: "Yua, if you don't think about the results of the game, then we have a few young players who have the conditions to play, and I also hope that they can play early to feel the atmosphere of the game, which is very good for their growth!" ”

'Theo Walcott, nice little guy, incredibly fast, a little skinny, can be a lethal threat on the counter-attack, and although it's not yet enough to fully establish himself in the first team, it's okay to get on the pitch and feel the atmosphere, Arsenal's Arsene Wenger has been very interested in him lately, and even scouts have reached out to Walcott's family.

Rick Link's first recommendation made David nod, the previous life was the winter break of this season, Wenger brought in this young player at a high price, and what is even more surprising is that England coach Eriksen actually included Walcott in England's squad for the World Cup in Germany, you know, at that time, Walcott had not even played a Premier League game!

Loew obviously knows this very fast young player, and while it's impossible to move him into the first team right now, as Rick Link said, it's okay to let him play on a temporary basis!

'Gareth Bale, who has the same speed and is physically stronger than Walcott, I think he's got what it takes to get a foothold in the first team, and you probably haven't heard yet, Gareth Bale has been named in the new Welsh squad, it's kind of unbelievable, you know, Gareth hasn't played a professional game!" Speaking of this, Rick Link had an incredulous expression.

Loew was equally shocked, who would have thought that international players could be born directly in the Notts County Academy!

But soon everyone was relieved, Wales' strength is very clear to everyone, except for a few people such as Ryan Giggs, there are not many players with strength at all, if Bale is really good, then it is really not an unacceptable thing to be selected for the national team now.

"Just look at him through this game, if he really has the ability to establish himself in the first team, then he can stay in the first team, although it is impossible to get a lot of playing time right away, but it is still possible to play and practice occasionally!" Loew said he had absolute authority in the first team.

Ricklink then recommended several more players, namely right-back Azpilicueta and centre-back Chris Smalling, although these two players are also underage, but their physical condition is not too inferior to adult players, at least they have the ability to fight and will not be easily injured.

And Loew has also made a good decision, four academy players, plus a few first-team players with no physical problems, to supplement the reserve players, with such a set of lineups to meet the next league game, maybe the probability of losing is very high, but it is very meaningful to be able to train young players without affecting the overall situation. (To be continued.) )