Barcelona Honorary President Johan Cruyff Praises Club's Cantera
Cruyff hailed the club's youth development project as the source of Barca's extraordinary successes....
By Cyrus C. Malek
May 17, 2010 2:13:00 PM
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As reported by Sport, Barcelona's honorary president Johan Cruyff has praised the club's philosophy of raising home-grown players to compete in the first team and believes the "commitment to players from home is fundamental" to the club's recent successes. Cruyff's words came in the aftermath of Barca's second successive title win, clinched with a 4-0 win over Valladolid last night.
"Barca's philosophy, the work of the cantera, and the value of the coaches that count on the youth system, is what explains the leap in quality in the club's last few years," said the club legend. "When the players are fantastic and furthermore feel the club's colours - that does not have a price."
Finally, Cruyff praised the work of president Joan Laporta in the seven years he has served the club and credited the president with much of the club's ascension over that time period. "Whlie Barca have seen two coaches in the past seven years, Madrid have gone through nine," said Cruyff praising the president's ability to develop a consistent atmosphere where development is able to thrive.
I just thought someone from the TTFF might read this and be brave enough to show it to the TTFF special adviser. I know that is a big ask but maybe one of the female members might be able to do that since the males there do not show much testicular fortitude.
A club like barcelona with big bucks to buy players from any club worldwide decides to focus on training the young players at a specialised academy and are seeing the results.....
