Arsene Wenger on developing young football (soccer) players at Arsenal (for those of you who don't know, I support Arsenal):
"I believe that I always wanted to develop the players I have," said Wenger.... First you have to scout them, then give them a good education but the final part is to be strong enough to say 'I will give this boy a chance to play'.
"The first two stages are not too difficult but the third stage you have to be strong, to face the critics and the people who want always the best players in the world and to say 'No, I believe in you, I will give you a chance.'
"But it is time now for us to keep these players together and to develop them and to win. Then we can say we have created something special with a style of play we wanted to create, that is unique, with the values that we want to put forward at the Club, and as well with an expectation level to have a team together for a few years."
Wenger has outlined for us a strategy for developing leaders at FBC: Scout them, train them, give them a chance.
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