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Real Madrid Have No Good Youth Players - Valdano
Los Blancos may be spending millions on new players, but they have nobody ready to come through their own ranks, according to one of their directors...
10 Jun 2009 13:04:20
Jorge Valdano, ex player and ex Real Madrid coach (Notimex)
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Jorge Valdano, ex player and ex Real Madrid coach (Notimex)
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Jorge Valdano has revealed that Real Madrid do not have any youngsters that are good enough to step up to the first-team and command a regular place.
Los Merengues' new director general has been surprised at the dearth of talent at the club and thinks that a major overhaul of the youth team policy is required.
Madrid have the biggest scouting network in Spain and state of the art training facilities, yet Valdano has discovered that no top class youngster are being produced.
“It doesn't appear that there are any players ready to play for the first team and players on the 'C' team are having trouble making it to Castilla," he told TVE.
"Our progress in capturing young talent has slowed. We have looked into markets in far off places and turned a back to Madrid, which is where most players have come from. The selection of talent is more important than their development, and that is what might take some time.”
Valdano defended the club's policy of splashing the cash to secure world class players, while the youth team suffers, because he believes that big money signings create even an bigger income.
“We pay a lot for players because it is all returned with interest. Top-notch players significantly increase the quality of our contracts," he continued.
"It happened with Zidane and we want it to happen again. They are investments for a club that operates in the business of offering spectacle. It's like movie blockbuster, for example.
"Football is a sport, but it is also a business and content for the television industry. We would not be able to compete against teams like Berlusconi's Milan or Abramovich's Chelsea if that wasn't the case. We have to devise other ways to be the leader of the world of football.”
“During [president Florentino Perez's] first stint seven titles were won in three years. The last two years were complicated, but you mustn't forget the overall picture.
"The budget increased drastically and had it not, we wouldn't have been able to sign great players."
Lucas Brown, Goal.com
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