Jeremy Menez - Winger/SS - PSG (12 Viewers)
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Porto director reveals scouting secrets
The Portuguese outfit's general director speaks of the methods used to search for undiscovered talent which have enabled the club to consistently produce quality players
Porto general director Antonio Henrique has partially uncovered the mystery behind his club's efficient scouting organisation, which has enabled the likes of Anderson, Pepe, Deco and Hulk to leave the Portuguese giants for lucrative deals.
The Dragons have arguably one of the most successful scouting systems in place, in recent years, which has contributed to their profitable dealings in transfer windows, which most recently saw Hulk leave for Zenit St Petersburg for a reported €50 million.
"Porto's success rests on three assumptions: recruitment, development and yield," explained Henrique, speaking to France Football.
"Recruitment links with scouting, development is linked with training and productivity is linked with the performance of the player in the first team.
"Most players are young when they come to our club and end up being in training permanently."
Henrique also stressed the importance of extensive scouting, and explained how players are scrutinised before being invited to join the Portuguese giants.
He added: "We work with 250 scouts around the world in countries that make sense for football, because we will not send anyone to Bangladesh.
"We have internal and external scouts, which are divided into several levels of observation, which allows a player to be viewed by several people.
"They work with a shadow team, which is a set of players who are identified from various leagues, who are capable of being hired by Porto."
The Portuguese outfit's general director speaks of the methods used to search for undiscovered talent which have enabled the club to consistently produce quality players
Porto general director Antonio Henrique has partially uncovered the mystery behind his club's efficient scouting organisation, which has enabled the likes of Anderson, Pepe, Deco and Hulk to leave the Portuguese giants for lucrative deals.
The Dragons have arguably one of the most successful scouting systems in place, in recent years, which has contributed to their profitable dealings in transfer windows, which most recently saw Hulk leave for Zenit St Petersburg for a reported €50 million.
"Porto's success rests on three assumptions: recruitment, development and yield," explained Henrique, speaking to France Football.
"Recruitment links with scouting, development is linked with training and productivity is linked with the performance of the player in the first team.
"Most players are young when they come to our club and end up being in training permanently."
Henrique also stressed the importance of extensive scouting, and explained how players are scrutinised before being invited to join the Portuguese giants.
He added: "We work with 250 scouts around the world in countries that make sense for football, because we will not send anyone to Bangladesh.
"We have internal and external scouts, which are divided into several levels of observation, which allows a player to be viewed by several people.
"They work with a shadow team, which is a set of players who are identified from various leagues, who are capable of being hired by Porto."
giovinco will stay but menez will arrive..... hopefully in january to save his chances of getting into the world cup squad.
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guys why don't juve have a look at pedro from barca. he has been outfavored by barca (because of neymar and sanchez) and he his salary is just 1.7m ONLY. we could offer him 2-2.5m easily and if we sell vucinic, isla etc...the transfer fee would not be a problem. also he would suit conte's hard working philosophy so well.
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guys why don't juve have a look at pedro from barca. he has been outfavored by barca (because of neymar and sanchez) and he his salary is just 1.7m ONLY. we could offer him 2-2.5m easily and if we sell vucinic, isla etc...the transfer fee would not be a problem. also he would suit conte's hard working philosophy so well.
4.5 mil euros and Menez will join us in January
http://www.transfermarketweb.com/?action=read&idsel=133523
I rather wait for his contract to expire though. We don't need him now. And we don't have much cash either.
http://www.transfermarketweb.com/?action=read&idsel=133523
I rather wait for his contract to expire though. We don't need him now. And we don't have much cash either.
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