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Fabio needs more young stars to pick warns Jose
Andrew Hodgson, Sports Correspondent
02.09.08
Jose Mourinho has warned England manager Fabio Capello that he will never be able to produce a world-class national team, because the youth system in this country is working against him.
The former Chelsea manager is alarmed that young players in the Premier League are denied the opportunity to make the break through into the elite level and believes this will hold Capello back.
He said: "England's biggest problem is that it is not producing so many good young players for the manager to choose from. The country has to establish a better development programme if it wants to qualify for, and win, major tournaments.
"This is not just a problem for the Football Association, it should be a problem for the manager of the national side, too."
As England's top teams again paid massive amounts of money for foreign talent - a combined £60million on Bulgarian Dimitar Berbatov and Brazilian Robinho - the Inter Milan boss said he hoped more attention would be paid to giving youth its chance to shine.
"It used to amaze me that the younger age groups at Chelsea were only able to play the same age teams of Liverpool or Manchester United maybe only once a year. The way the competition calendar is set up in England is wrong. The best young players in the country must play the best opposition every week.
"Let me give you an example. In Portugal, a kid of 16 may have started playing for Porto at the age of 10. But by the time he is 16 he has played 10 or 12 times against Benfica and he has played 10 or 12 times against Sporting Lisbon. In England it is all set up on a regional basis, so the kids at Chelsea could go out and beat Cobham FC 14-0 and look very impressive. But what have they learnt?"
Mourinho said he hoped the FA would now revamp their junior competitions to help Capello succeed.
"With the FA [Youth] Cup there is the same problem for the younger teams," he told the Daily Telegraph.
"It is a national tournament, which is good, but it is a knockout competition and once you are out, you are out.
"Why not break it up to allow the teams that are knocked out to play against each other to get more practice at playing real football?
"It would have been nice to have seen 14-year-olds from Liverpool and United playing 14-year-olds from Chelsea two or three times a season. The responsibility lies with the managers of Premier League clubs."
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Fabio needs more young stars to pick warns Jose
Andrew Hodgson, Sports Correspondent
02.09.08
Jose Mourinho has warned England manager Fabio Capello that he will never be able to produce a world-class national team, because the youth system in this country is working against him.
The former Chelsea manager is alarmed that young players in the Premier League are denied the opportunity to make the break through into the elite level and believes this will hold Capello back.
He said: "England's biggest problem is that it is not producing so many good young players for the manager to choose from. The country has to establish a better development programme if it wants to qualify for, and win, major tournaments.
"This is not just a problem for the Football Association, it should be a problem for the manager of the national side, too."
As England's top teams again paid massive amounts of money for foreign talent - a combined £60million on Bulgarian Dimitar Berbatov and Brazilian Robinho - the Inter Milan boss said he hoped more attention would be paid to giving youth its chance to shine.
"It used to amaze me that the younger age groups at Chelsea were only able to play the same age teams of Liverpool or Manchester United maybe only once a year. The way the competition calendar is set up in England is wrong. The best young players in the country must play the best opposition every week.
"Let me give you an example. In Portugal, a kid of 16 may have started playing for Porto at the age of 10. But by the time he is 16 he has played 10 or 12 times against Benfica and he has played 10 or 12 times against Sporting Lisbon. In England it is all set up on a regional basis, so the kids at Chelsea could go out and beat Cobham FC 14-0 and look very impressive. But what have they learnt?"
Mourinho said he hoped the FA would now revamp their junior competitions to help Capello succeed.
"With the FA [Youth] Cup there is the same problem for the younger teams," he told the Daily Telegraph.
"It is a national tournament, which is good, but it is a knockout competition and once you are out, you are out.
"Why not break it up to allow the teams that are knocked out to play against each other to get more practice at playing real football?
"It would have been nice to have seen 14-year-olds from Liverpool and United playing 14-year-olds from Chelsea two or three times a season. The responsibility lies with the managers of Premier League clubs."
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When you are face to face with a reporter and he is asking questions, you do one of two things: answer (honestly or dishonestly), or refuse to say anything.maddock wrote:does this guy ever know how to mind his own business?
always commenting on other peoples issues.
In my view, Jose answered the question put to him. And it seems he is honest, offering a strong perspective as to why English soccer may continue to lag behind. Remember, soccer is his business; English soccer is just a part of that, and he was reflecting his experience of the game in England. The man should not be vilified for that.
you took the words right out of my mouth...Its not as if he just started ranting in the middle of the San Siro...He was asked a question and he answered.Polly wrote:When you are face to face with a reporter and he is asking questions, you do one of two things: answer (honestly or dishonestly), or refuse to say anything.maddock wrote:does this guy ever know how to mind his own business?
always commenting on other peoples issues.
In my view, Jose answered the question put to him. And it seems he is honest, offering a strong perspective as to why English soccer may continue to lag behind. Remember, soccer is his business; English soccer is just a part of that, and he was reflecting his experience of the game in England. The man should not be vilified for that.
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