Academy Quote by James Ward-Prowse

Like any working-class boy growing up in north London, I wanted to be a footballer.

— Martin Kemp

To come through the ranks and play for your boyhood club is a dream come true.

— Jesse Lingard

I really want to go to a club that really wants me. Southampton gave me that opportunity, and it paid off, I think.

— Toby Alderweireld

I'll never have a bad word to say about how Chelsea treated me growing up and developing me into the player I am today.…

— Tino Livramento

Coming through the academy all you want to do is just play for your club and when you are not getting the opportunities there…

— Emile Smith Rowe

I never felt too much pressure when I first started my career at Southampton, I think because I'd come through the youth section and…

— Wayne Bridge

I'm not saying I've become institutionalised at Manchester United but my qualities have been at Manchester United.

— Mike Phelan

It annoys me a great deal when people accuse me of not having any ambition because I've stayed at Southampton all these years. You…

— Matt Le Tissier

I always wanted to better myself as a young lad growing up in Northern Ireland and kept believing that I could make it as…

— Stuart Dallas

You don't want to be the boy leaving Chelsea, you want to train like every session is your last session because you know you…

— Mason Mount

There is a big emphasis at Liverpool to have an academy that brings through young players.

— Trent Alexander-Arnold

At Southampton, my dad was the academy coach at under-11 level.

— Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain