Big Quote by Per Mertesacker

Most of my players have come through academies with clubs. That's not a bad thing, but it's very different to what I grew up…

— Sol Campbell

There are quite a lot of young players around now with undoubted talent who get stuck in academies at big clubs.

— James Maddison

There's always something special when the service academies play each other that's not in any other game. This is not a regular game, and…

— Roger Staubach

Sometimes recruiters and scouts are missing on players. Going after the guys who are really hyped, five-star players and guys that are playing in…

— C. J. McCollum

The amount of staff we have in academies is... I've never seen anything like it. It's good to take care of the players but…

— Per Mertesacker

Teams want the best players. If the best players come through your academy, you can play.

— Jack Wilshere

Ever since I was a young kid, I've been playing for an academy with scouts all over the world that are looking for top…

— Danny Welbeck

Some players have ambitions, and therefore, they leave and want to experience something new, you know.

— Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Little details about young footballers catch your eye when you have been around a big club for a long time. At first, it can…

— Paul Scholes

It's been so difficult to go from playing every game then get to the seniors and not be given a chance. It's really difficult…

— Ruben Loftus-Cheek

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

We try to recruit good players and good people.

— Tim Buckley