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Before starting dissecting such an important theme, a Disclaimer is needed: Please, don’t take this personal!Take the following text as something written by someone that has started multiple businesses, from Clothing (Sports and Casual), to Real Estate, Medical Goods & Services, passing by Football & Scouting Agency, and that effectively (which does not mean efficiently) Read
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Academy Management, Behind the Stages, Club Management, Football Administration and Management, Football Business, Football Financial Planning, Football Investment, Multiple Club Ownership, Player Development, Tactics & Strategy, The Big Picture, UAE Football Association, Women Football, Youth Football·
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Talent is one of the most powerful and, at the same time, most misleading concepts in Football. I would go even further and say there’s a pure myth around Talent. It is a word we use, or hear daily.Scouts use it. Coaches use it. Parents use it (a lot)! Media loves it… Yet, how many Read
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Sporting Directors have become increasingly visible, particularly during the Summer Transfer Window, when their work is exposed to public scrutiny and debate. This is the moment when decisions are questioned, successes amplified, and failures magnified. Yet reducing the Sporting Director role to transfers alone is not only inaccurate, it is dangerous. Here, we will try Read
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Academy Management, Behind the Stages, Champions League, Club Management, Europa League, FA Cup, Football Administration and Management, Football Business, Football Financial Planning, Football Investment, January Transfer Market, Multiple Club Ownership, Player Development, Premier League, Summer Transfer Market, Tactics & Strategy, The Big Picture, UAE Football Association, UAE Youth Teams, Winter Transfer Market, Women Football, Youth Football·
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Portugal keeps surprising everyone – not that the country’s position is a surprise in itself, but because there’s definitely a difference in terms of the demographics of these countries. France leads a list that includes Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, England, Argentina, Germany and Italy, respectively, with Portugal standing 4th at the table. Why am I surprised?Because Read
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Academy Management, Behind the Stages, Champions League, Club Management, Europa League, Football Administration and Management, Football Business, Football Financial Planning, Football Investment, January Transfer Market, Multiple Club Ownership, Player Development, Summer Transfer Market, Tactical Periodization, Tactics & Strategy, The Big Picture, UAE Football Association, UAE Youth Teams, Winter Transfer Market, Women Football, Youth Football·
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This one is personal. How many times you, if somehow connected to Football, have heard this?Well, I had. Many times. Even at my own home. And I struggle with it every time. Let’s be real, Football isn’t a place where some families want their sons or daughters to be involved at. It’s seen as a Read
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Academy Management, Behind the Stages, Club Management, Football Administration and Management, Football Business, Football Financial Planning, Football Investment, Multiple Club Ownership, Player Development, Tactical Periodization, Tactics & Strategy, The Big Picture, UAE Football Association, Youth Football·
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If no one told you this before, it’s probably the most important thing at a Youth Football Club, or Academy – understand your relationship with Parents. Let’s start by the question everyone avoids – who are you selling your services to? Parents or Young Footballers? Yes, you’re selling You, Your Services, Your Club, Your Methodology Read
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Academy Management, Behind the Stages, Club Management, Football Administration and Management, Football Business, Football Financial Planning, Football Investment, Player Development, Tactical Periodization, Tactics & Strategy, The Big Picture, UAE Football Association, UAE Youth Teams, Youth Football·
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There’s no different path. Eventually, someone will feel that is time to go somewhere else, regardless the reasons, and you will be left alone. Some will hurt more than others, but they may all make you question your direction. This is the central point – when you question yourself. Questions come in different ways and Read
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Academy Management, Behind the Stages, Club Management, Football Administration and Management, Football Business, Football Financial Planning, Football Investment, Multiple Club Ownership, Player Development, Tactical Periodization, Tactics & Strategy, The Big Picture, UAE Football Association·
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When I’m asked about a secret at a Football Club, it probably lands here. Who’s at the Club?Who’s delivering? Who’s communicating with your players, families, and the other different stakeholders? Once these are answered, the next step is to ask the most important questions: . Do they embody the Values of the Club? . Are Read
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Building a Team is always hard, specially from scratch. I’ve been directly involved in many similar situations – whereas by a recent past with a single moment of trauma or at Clubs where the deliveries suffered from a continuous decline in their delivery quality over the years… Are these situations the same? No. Do they Read
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At least for me, it’s not. The theory behind the Concept of Work-Life Balance resonates with the narrative that Work and Life are separate elements, that WHAT YOU DO doesn’t make part of WHO YOU ARE! I don’t buy it. I can’t live like this. I love working, I need to feel that what I’m Read
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