Sir Alex Ferguson’s Most Wanted Player
SAF, club October 11th, 2008
Via Press Release & the Official Site.
The campaign’s objective is to unearth young, unsigned talent. It provides a nice insight into Sir Alex’s thoughts on youth development in general and his view on signing players later on in their careers – which should provide young players with hope that their dream of becoming a pro footballer can still be a reality.
Hundreds of young hopefuls tested their skills at seven gruelling trials around the UK in a bid to be selected for an elite squad of 22 and attend a training camp with Sir Alex himself.
On Saturday 11 October, the Most Wanted TV programme airs at 12:00 and 20:00 BST on Sky One. It’s a great chance to see English football’s most successful manager at work and get a glimpse of football’s future in the UK.
Teaser below and more at NikeFootball.com.
My two cents:
I think this initiative is awesome which could be somehow could continue to answer and assess where do these talents go in the future. Who else has more credibility for signing and developing young players beside Sir Alex Ferguson himself?
Hope the credit crunch don’t kill football and this program could continue to spread more outside UK in the future. For example, how about another Ji Sung Park, that not only can sell t’shirt like any other Asian players, but also good football? Or discovering players in third world nations with big football tradition.
But all in all, this is brilliant. I wish i can watch the program.
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