Report: Zelalem to be given chance to make Arsenal first team

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It has to be remembered that the motivation for bringing in young players on loan and developing them is to be able to add players to the squad of an ability we couldn't otherwise afford. We can only tell on hindsight if they haven't contributed enough. But if we play them and they benefit from that, it puts us in a position where we are a very attractive club to send out the most talented of youngsters.

 

We are reasonably unique in that we will have home games of 45 to 50 thousand fans who are highly demanding and also have a deep winning mentality and have fantastic training facilities. We also play in a very physical league which can toughen players up who have not had much exposure to the English Premier league.

 

A young player from an EP club coming here, getting games in front of huge crowds, learning to cope with a physcial game while playing a high standard of good, modern, attacking, possession football, winning loads of games and coming back with a medal or two or three, is bound to have matured as a player.

 

Maybe that means that we are eventually borrowing the next Messi or just the next Rooney...

 

However, I think the mentality of MW comes from managing an E1 and EC team who are just trying their best to do well on a budget where they can never truly compete. Even with the possibilities I described above, the ambitions of Rangers are different, and it will do us well to develop our own young players.

 

But then, I think the discovery of the best talent is a bit of a numbers game and lottery, which is why Alex Ferguson continually bought a lot of players, even though he won that lottery more than once. You can have all the best coaches and facilities, but it doesn't trump the top raw talent with mediocre coaches and facilities. After all the main bit of equipment you need is just a football, and Maradonna made do with an orange...

Edited April 7, 2016 by calscot