Wenger promise to produce more English players
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has pledged to develop more English-born players.
The manager made his annual address to the club's AGM admitting that Arsenal's record had been poor in producing England-qualified players.
"We have less developed English players than young foreign talent," he said. "That is down to one basic reason: [England] has produced less talent because it responded later to the quality of the academy system. In the next three or four years we will have developed the top-level domestic talent we have growing at the club."
It is expected that the 17-year-old midfielder Mark Randall and 19-year-old Matthew Connolly will play in the Carling Cup tie at West Bromwich Albion next week.
The manager made his annual address to the club's AGM admitting that Arsenal's record had been poor in producing England-qualified players.
"We have less developed English players than young foreign talent," he said. "That is down to one basic reason: [England] has produced less talent because it responded later to the quality of the academy system. In the next three or four years we will have developed the top-level domestic talent we have growing at the club."
It is expected that the 17-year-old midfielder Mark Randall and 19-year-old Matthew Connolly will play in the Carling Cup tie at West Bromwich Albion next week.
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