Caribbean players arrive on Wearside

[black chinee]

Caribbean players arrive on Wearside

http://www.safc.com/news/?page_id=14598

Eight of the Caribbean's best young footballers arrived for work at the Academy of Light this morning.

The players, aged between 16 and 19, were chosen from the Digicel Kick Start clinics, held in eight countries in the Caribbean earlier this year.

They will spend the week training with Sunderland's reserves and under-18s before watching the Manchester City game at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.

It was a typical North-East greeting for the youngsters - with temperatures plummeting and snow falling as they arrived on Wearside.

One of the players, Gerard Williams, a 19-year-old midfielder from St. Kitts & Nevis, said: "It's the first time I've seen snow in real life. Before this, it was only in movies. I had to get my camera out!"

This morning's planned training session at the AoL was snowed off so it was arranged for them to train indoors in Durham in the afternoon.

[black chinee]

thought they were supposed to have been there 2 weeks ago??

[fordy]

hope dem fellas really take the opportunity they have now yes!!! couple of years ago yuh had to spend money out of yuh pocket and know somebody personal to get ah link like that!! 

[PantherX]

Smaller clubs are being priced out of the market so they're looking further afield for talent.  The cost of a doing something like this is nothing when you look at the transfer fees being paid for players these days.

It's cheaper to develop your own KJ or Yorke than to buy one.

[ZANDOLIE]

But wait I thought Leston paul was not in the JA match because of a conflict with this clinic?

[kev]

For anybody with a subscription (sorry) no doubt it will pop up somewhere ( if I find it I will post it)

http://www.safc.com/news/?page_id=14605

[Trini _2026]

Joseph Gemsley and Jeston Paul training at the Sunderland's Academy of Light

[Quags]

whos he

Joseph Gemsley and Jeston Paul training at the Sunderland's Academy of Light