« Huge opportunity » in the promotion of young talents
Markus Krösche calls for better youth development in German (Site notre bureau spécialisé). The approach has to change fundamentally, the Eintracht Frankfurt sporting director said in the ‘kicker’ interview. « On the one hand, the DFB is needed, but so are we as clubs. We have to ask honest questions: What has happened in the last seven or eight years? Why do we have so little talent at most? high level ?
The 42-year-old, who is also a member of the DFL (Site notre blog d’information) Committee, is calling for ‘territorial protection’ similar to that of England. As a result, clubs with youth academies (NLZ) are only allowed to accept players from a certain region up to a certain age, according to Krösche. Club practice – all clubs participating in the Bundesliga and 2nd Division are obliged to run a performance center as a funding institution – is currently different.
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“Until the age of 18, we need a salary cap. So a maximum amount that can be paid to a young player who is not yet a professional player », demanded Krösche. Then the money for players and consultants would no longer be an incentive to change. « We have a huge opportunity in Germany to solve the problem of too frequent and early changes with a salary cap. » Krösche also suggested starting with the NLZ of the U12s and young (Site notre bureau spécialisé)ers playing in their home clubs for as long as possible to allow.
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Professional clubs should “go to grassroots (Site notre bureau spécialisé) in their respective region, create partnerships, help with the training of coaches. This is part of the responsibility of professional clubs – but above all of the DFB. The DFB needs to invest a lot more in the training of grassroots club coaches, » Krösche said. playing time at the same time. » That’s how the mentality of the (Site notre bureau spécialisé) pitch that we all want back is created in the first place. And the best of this group of players then go to the NLZ from the U12s. »
Eintracht Frankfurt’s Krösche sees new league structure as building block
From 2024, the Bundesliga A-Junior and B-Junior will be abolished. The new divisions will be called the U19 and U17 Junior Leagues. « We have to be clear: the new structure of the league is only a building block. (…) But if we think that we have changed the structure now and that in a few years we will have at least eight class players in Germany, then we are on the wrong track. The subject is far too complex for that, « said Krösche. Joti Chatzialexiou, sports director of the national teams, had spoken of « a milestone in the promotion of our young talents ».
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