Age Quote by Gareth Southgate

For a national player it is a good thing to get experience playing abroad.

— Per Mertesacker

As an owner, you wanted your young players to flourish and be recognised by their peers. And playing at international level could also increase…

— Simon Jordan

As with Cesc Fabregas, some players who go and play for foreign clubs improve on a cultural level. It makes them grow on many…

— Vicente del Bosque

I think that's vitally important, that we get players playing at a younger age group.

— Steph Houghton

It's always good playing with the best and the best players, so playing in Portugal with the national team, it's very important for a…

— Joao Felix

In the third level you can have only one American on your team. In the second level you can have two, and in the…

— Danilo Gallinari

I think in the future we need to look at our youth department to provide more players for the first team think it is…

— Arsene Wenger

The best players must play - it does not matter whether they are old or young.

— Jupp Heynckes

For a young player like me, it is good to play for a club that can get to the semi-finals because one of the…

— Eden Hazard

The quality of our academy system is very high, as good as anything in the world. Around the country, lots of people in youth…

— Gareth Southgate

African soccer has grown to the extent that the majority of its players are playing for European teams and that is very good as…

— Cafu

I think it's brilliant to see players you've grown up with on the international stage come through to senior level.

— Phil Jones