- May 21, 2012
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When Baldini first came to the club, I remember hearing that he would work on negotiating the transfers for first team players initially, which we saw last summer, and then would start work on recruiting youth.
Granted, as shown by our youth teams recent success, last year with the under 21's and this with the u18s, our recruitment has been good over recent years. That said, I don't remember seeing so many reports in the media of us signing teenagers sought after by other clubs. In past years the only ones that come to mind are Coulibaly and ceballos.
Are we now seeing the baldini effect though, using his network to find more youth gems that we can bring in and develop, either into useful first team players, or players we can sell on for a pretty penny. Reports have been appearing since January really, which was when I expected Baldini to begin his work. Links to players like Musa Yahaya, Ismail Azzaoui, Erwin Koffi etc. To me these signings would scream of Baldini working on youth recruitment, players not necessarily known by many yet, but players who have great potential, and this excites me. You just need to look up who he has found in the past, and even if only 1 in 5 of his top recruits make it with us, that could be great for us.
Granted, as shown by our youth teams recent success, last year with the under 21's and this with the u18s, our recruitment has been good over recent years. That said, I don't remember seeing so many reports in the media of us signing teenagers sought after by other clubs. In past years the only ones that come to mind are Coulibaly and ceballos.
Are we now seeing the baldini effect though, using his network to find more youth gems that we can bring in and develop, either into useful first team players, or players we can sell on for a pretty penny. Reports have been appearing since January really, which was when I expected Baldini to begin his work. Links to players like Musa Yahaya, Ismail Azzaoui, Erwin Koffi etc. To me these signings would scream of Baldini working on youth recruitment, players not necessarily known by many yet, but players who have great potential, and this excites me. You just need to look up who he has found in the past, and even if only 1 in 5 of his top recruits make it with us, that could be great for us.