U-11, u-13, u-15, u-17, this is the echelon that will be waiting for a long time in the Southampton youth training camp, plus a reserve team participating in the reserve league, this will be a long time.
The team that spends time in the youth academy is also a team affiliated with Southampton Club.
Next is the walking training system. In fact, those echelons do not train all day. They also have to go to school to study, but the time is relatively short.
Each age group recruits students every year and eliminates many players. After all, players are always mobile, even for youth team players.
Ji Ya and Prost looked around. Ji Ya felt that the task was almost completed and was about to leave. However, he heard a fierce quarrel outside the gate of the training base...
"What's going on?" Prost walked over dissatisfied.
"Boss, it's great that you are here. This little guy insists that our elimination method is unfair. He comes here and quarrels with me every day..." Francis, the head coach of the U-15 echelon, seemed to have seen a savior.
"What's going on?" Prost asked with a frown, while Ji Ya was looking at the short guy next to him, who was probably only 1.5 meters tall...
"According to our screening, his height did not meet the requirements, so he was eliminated by us." Francis whispered.
"Fifteen years old, 1.5 meters, not too short, and he still has secondary growth." Prost said with a frown.
"Here's the problem. He plays as a central defender, but his height is really not good. And according to our doctor's tests, his secondary growth has begun, but his growth is not as expected. He may not even be 1.7 meters tall when he becomes an adult.
, if you play as a defender with such a height..." Francis smiled bitterly.
Prost nodded, this makes sense.
Ji Ya walked over and asked: "Little guy, what's your name?"
This young man with black hair and black eyes, who was obviously of Chinese descent, was shouting something excitedly just now, but immediately became quiet after seeing Ji Ya: "Mr. Ji Ya, I...my name is Du Yue...Chinese, English
His name is Jepler Du."
Ji Ya nodded. He just thought that this kid was at least of East Asian descent, and now it seems that he is indeed of Chinese descent.
"How are his training data?" Ji Ya asked.
Francis handed over a report card: "Everything else is very good, but it's just this height..."
Ji Ya flipped through his report card and found that Du Yue was good in other aspects. Whether it was speed, confrontation, judgment and interception, or his skills in holding the ball at his feet, they were all considered top-notch.
"Do we have any height requirements for selecting players?" Ji Ya asked Prost.
"Mainly at the center and center back positions. Of course, in other positions, except for wing players, height has an advantage, which is also a data that can be used as a reference." Prost replied.
Ji Ya sighed, this terrible tradition in England of focusing on height...
Of course, it is indeed understandable that there are such rigid indicators for the center back and center positions.
"Have you ever thought about it, if the height limit is eliminated, what we lose may not be a central defender who is not tall enough, but a potentially strong defensive midfielder? A 1.7-meter central defender is rare.
Mi Qi's top defensive midfielder is not uncommon." Ji Ya said.
"Everyone knows this truth, but we have always kept our troops simple and simple..." Francis smiled bitterly.
"I said that there will be more funding for the youth training camp in the future, so selection will still be selection, but the rigid requirement for height can be removed." Ji Ya said.
"Boss, based on my observations of him, he may really only be suitable for playing center back." Francis whispered.
"That is also something in the future. The growth of the human body is very magical. I remember that there was a central defender who was eliminated. The doctor measured him and thought he would not grow any taller. It turned out that he was 1.95 meters tall. Of course, that guy
He is also not suitable for playing center back, he is too tall and clumsy, but it is indeed too simple and crude to rely on this to determine whether the opponent can grow taller, so you can relax a little in this aspect, and according to my judgment, in the future, the traditional tall players will
There will be fewer and fewer centers, so there may not be too many restrictions on the height of the center backs." Noriya finally said.
After saying that, he patted Du Yue on the shoulder: "Young man, play well. If you are eliminated due to other factors in the future, don't blame us."
After finishing speaking, Ji Ya turned around and left. Prost smiled, shrugged, waved to Francis and Du Yue, and also left.
"Thank you so much! I will definitely work hard to train myself!" Du Yue shouted loudly behind them.
"Well, you are lucky, if you don't grow taller in the future..." Francis said angrily.
"Hey, coach, I just said that Mr. Ji Ya will remove this rule." Du Yue changed his dissatisfied look just now and laughed.
"You're the only one who's too narrow-minded. You've focused your attention on this. Have you forgotten to grow taller?" Francis glared at Du Yue.
Du Yue touched his head and laughed.
Of course Ji Ya didn't know that this was actually the last-ditch effort of a coach who originally had high hopes for Du Yue but had to give up on him because of the club's regulations - of course, this idea was mainly the idea of Du Yue, a short man.
Children are always more thoughtful than others.
But even if he knew it, he didn't know. In fact, he always believed that height is difficult to measure a player's ability. Even in the positions of center and center back, short centers and short center backs are not uncommon, and as he said
Like that, even if it's not suitable to play as a central defender due to height, how do you know that others can't play as a full-back or midfielder, positions that don't require such high height requirements?
What determines a player's level is not height, but something else.
"In the past, due to insufficient funding, we could only select the most talented players, but that is no longer necessary. It is difficult for us to compete with other teams for that kind of real talent, but everything else is different." Ji Ya said.
Said to Prost as he walked.
"If we had sufficient funding, we wouldn't have to do this." Prost sighed.
Ji Ya laughed and patted his shoulder.
It is true that Southampton's financial resources were always insufficient in the past, but now, isn't there a chance to redeem this?
At least in Ji Ya's view, money has little impact on him. There is no urgent need to spend money now. Otherwise, it wouldn't be difficult for him to use dozens of points to trick him into getting tens of millions back.
It's just that making money from the system can easily attract others' attention. He has already been hyped by reporters before after earning more than 10 million from betting on football. Ji Ya really doesn't want to be the target of public criticism outside of football.
