Believe in your abilities, EPL chairman Scudamore tells young football champs

MUMBAI: After experiencing their first live Premier League match at St. Mary’s Stadium on Sunday as Southampton hosted Crystal Palace, the 22 young Reliance Foundation Young Champs who are currently in England visited the Premier League headquarters in London on Wednesday. They interacted with Executive Chairman of the Premier League, Richard Scudamore there.
Scudamore highlighted the world class youth development facilities on display at Premier League clubs across England, saying: “You’ve already been to Chelsea, already been to Southampton, you’re here today and then travelling up the rest of the country, finally Manchester and Liverpool.You will see a complete spread of what’s best about Premier League Youth Development facilities.
“But I don’t want you to leave your tour here thinking that it’s all about facilities. Your career development, youth development is primarily down to you as individuals. It is of course, not only about how good you are physically, but also how good you are mentally,” he added.
Scudamore also stressed on the need for top quality coaches to help the young budding talents. “Probably the most important thing is your coaching and the quality of your coaches and the coaches as mentors in the way they develop you. Realistically, it will be difficult in the next couple of years in terms of your development, to have an enormous amount of facilities in India like you’ll see this week.”
Scudamore concluded by stating that it was a privilege to have the young champs in England and encouraged the talented youngsters to enjoy their stay in England. “Most importantly, this week and next week just ensure you have fun and it’s really been a privilege of ours to host you, to be involved in your visit and it’s really great to see you.”