I pick five young teams to watch this campaign.
Tag Archives: Valencia
My Research: The ‘English’ Route
If you happen to have been born in a city or close to one, it seems you have a chance of joining a professional club academy at an (very) early age and then break through into the same club’s first-team.
How It All Began: Ferran Torres
Little Ferran had been recommended to the club by his physical education teacher after first kicking the ball at school, on a futsal pitch.
Young Champions League Stars
As Europe’s major club competition is about to enter its business part, I have picked eight – one per tie – U23 players who could prove decisive in the last 16 of the Champions League.
BREAKTHROUGH 