MANCHESTER United Development coach Eamon Mulvey said that he is impressed with the talent that exists in Trinidad and Tobago and wants local coaches to join forces for the betterment of the sport.
“Could you imagine what could happen to Trinidad and Tobago football if all these players come back with the knowledge and experience that they got and share it with the children and the local coaches” said Mulvey yesterday at the development football camp for kids at the St Mary’s College Ground, Serpentine Road, St Clair.
Mulvey told the media that he has seen some extremely talented young players at the camp and once they are nurtured properly they can become great professionals, but if they do not turn out to be good professional footballers, they will be good individuals and human beings.
Close to 500 budding footballers attended the one-week coaching session which is a partnership between local coach Dion La Foucade and telecommunication’s giant Digicel. The former Manchester City footballer, now a full time coach also held a Digicel sponsored session for local coaches, called “Coaching The Coach.” He said that Manchester United are a great team because they unearth talent from the tender age of nine and prepare players in the academy for professional football.
“Players are fitted in a programme where they can be trained in the sport and achieve academic successes.
I think we have a captain to steer the ship, otherwise we recruit young players who are passionate about the sport and develop them. We have players such as Ryan Giggs who has spent all his life at the club” Mulvey said.
He revealed that the club has a well organised scouting programme to identify potential players and in spite of the strict passport regulations players who show promise will be taken on trials or offered contracts.