Arsene Wenger Quotes on Youth (6 Quotes)

It is always a gamble when you take young players. I believe his attitude is what I expect for a young player - but the rest of it is a gamble.

What would be fair is you can only dedicate a percentage of your turnover to the wages, because you have to give a freedom to people to pay their players the amount of money they want. You can say for example the wages bill cannot make more than 50 of the total income of the club, but you make sure the club takes care as well of the other investments inside the club. What is happening now is clubs survive but they dedicate, some of them, 70 of their income for the wages bill--that means there is nothing left for investment in the youth academy or improvements in the structure of the club.

Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.

At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.

With the youth of our side it was very promising for the club. They have not only shown quality but character as well.

I believe that there's something happening in the team. They're growing in confidence. They showed character, to go out there with such a young team and show that resilience, that determined attitude, is something fantastic.