The AS Roma Director General has cited that the club promotes young players to perform at the highest level and nurtures them in an extremely healthy environment.
There has been a shift in the ideology at the Roman club with heavy emphasis being laid on the development of their youth players.
There has been big investment in their youth setup along with young players coming to the capital outfit from various clubs.
The Roma General Manager has been at the helm of AS Roma from October 2011, and has overseen the new recruitment strategy at the club. The Italian came after the signings of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bojan-Krkic-c7794, Erik
Lamela, Jose Angel and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Miralem-Pjanic-c25984. The flock of youngsters cost the Roman club over 40 million Euros to recruit.
The heavy investment in their youth set up has been paying dividends to the Giallorossi, as they won the Primavera title in 2011. Their current manager, Luis Enrique, has also kept faith in their youngsters,
and has given chance to four players from the primavera title winning squad.
Baldini spoke of his belief in their youth setup by commenting:
“I’m someone who believes blindly in our youth policy. People often use the word ‘young’ in order to justify a project that is not winning things at that time, in order to ask for more time and sometimes
this can be true.”
He has been an experienced campaigner overlooking the scouting duties under http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Capello. His ability to identify youngsters led to his appointment as the general manager of the Roma club by their new owners.
“Towards young people I want to believe. This year we have focused heavily on young players, of course, after we lost a few games I found myself thinking that next year we will need more experience.”
The owners of the club have bestowed the duties of progression onto the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 B team coach, Luis Enrique, who has given ample opportunity to the youth. Baldini remarked that the support from the
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 fans had been amazing and he was grateful for it, further commenting:
“We have needed support and this year we have had our fans, which we did not expect.”
Roma will be aiming for a top three finish this season.
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