Ķ The Guardian er įhugaveršur pistill sem er ašallega byggšur į ummęlum Rafa Benitez um stefnu Arsenal ķ kaupum į yngri leikmönnum og hvernig hann sjįi framtķšina hjį Liverpool varšandi unga leikmenn.

Benitez segir:

“It depends what you mean by Arsenal’s ‘youth policy’,” said the Spaniard when asked if he admired their set-up. “If you mean spending a lot of money on top-class players, it isn’t difficult for me if I have that money. We know there is a big difference with Arsenal, who can pay millions for Denilson and also spend big on Walcott and Diaby.

“We were monitoring those players, but we can’t compete with the big money they spent on them, so we have to work twice as hard. I am really pleased with the work of the scouting department who are working really hard to sign quality international players without spending a lot.

Athyglisvert aš Rafa segist hafa veriš aš fylgjast meš Diaby, Walcott og Denilson en misst įhugann, žar sem aš Arsenal var tilbśiš aš borga hįar fjįrhęšir fyrir žį leikmenn. Žetta žrįtt fyrir aš Wenger lįti einsog hann sé Oliver Twist flesta daga.

Einnig žį er Rafa į žvķ aš yngri leikmenn žurfi aš spila fleiri leiki og aš hugsanlega eigi žeir aš spila ķ nešri deildunum į Englandi lķkt og Rafa gerši meš B-liš Real Madrid:

“You can’t just have young players playing 18 games in a year,” said Benķtez. “When I was in Spain, the youngsters came up against 30- or 35-year-olds. If you need to play against men, you must play against men. The academies are not working, and that’s worrying. We are not training youngsters to be good lawyers or teachers, but good footballers. If you want to improve English players, you have to change because there will be long-term effects.”

Einnig er žarna fróšlegur listi yfir kaup lišanna į ungum leikmönnum. Vissulega hafa Arsenal menn nįš ķ frįbęra leikmenn į lygilega lķtinn pening (einsog Cesc) en žeir hafa lķka borgaš stórar upphęšir. Til dęmis gęti Theo Walcott oršiš žaš dżr aš hann yrši nęst dżrasti leikmašur ķ sögu Liverpool ef hann hefši komiš til okkar.

Einu leikmennirnir sem Rafa hefur borgaš upphęšir fyrir eru Argentķnumennirnir tveir, Paletta (sem hlżtur aš fį aš spila ķ kvöld) og Insśa, sem hlżtur aš vera grķšarlegt efni vķst hann var ķ U-20 liši Argentķnumanna ašeins 17 įra gamall.