[情報] 阿內森：英格蘭的青訓缺乏機會
http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-never-gave-my-young-
players-an-opportunity-8551282.html
Simon Johnson - 27 March 2013
As another turbulent season at Stamford Bridge reaches its climax, the
blame game is starting to play out over who is responsible for such a
disappointing campaign.
Chelsea began the season targeting seven trophies and while they could
still win the FA Cup and Europa League, nothing will make up for their
efforts in the Champions League and title race.
The finger has been pointed at many people, from interim coach Rafael
Benitez for his unconvincing methods to owner Roman Abramovich because of
his compulsion to interfere.
However, one man who deserves to come under great scrutiny, Frank Arnesen,
has escaped all of the criticism. The former chief scout and director of
youth development at Stamford Bridge may have been at Hamburg for the past
two years but, as Chelsea struggle to cope with the busiest fixture list
in their history, the lack of Academy players sharing the workload has
been evident.
It was not supposed to be like this. When Chelsea paid Tottenham
￡5million compensation in 2005 for the Dane's services, he was expected
to find young, inexpensive talent to compete for a first-team place and
ensure Abramovich's chequebook wouldn't be heavily relied upon.
As it turned out, Arnesen, who brought Aaron Lennon to Tottenham, spent in
the region of ￡62m on many gifted teenagers in his first four years
before being made technical director and Chelsea have still had little to
show for his outlay in terms of players who have made the grade from the
Academy.
Only Ryan Bertrand, who he acquired from Gillingham for an initial
￡125,000 eight years ago, has broken into the senior side, while many
have flopped and never been heard of again.
Granted, the Under 18s have won the FA Youth Cup twice in the last three
years and the Under 19s have reached the semi-finals this season of the
NextGen Series — a competition involving the top clubs in Europe — but
the first team have yet to benefit.
Unlike Benitez, Arnesen has not had to answer any awkward questions over
his time at the Bridge, that is until Standard Sport travelled to Germany.
When asked how his time at Chelsea is viewed by many as a failure, Arnesen
was defiant. He said: “I am very proud of what I did. I did a fantastic
job. I made the club a lot of money. I bought players for small amounts
and they were sold for a lot of money.
“I'm talking about players like [Daniel] Sturridge, [Fabio] Borini and
[Miroslav] Stoch — they ended up being sold for about ￡30m and that pays
for the Academy.
“The policy at Chelsea was to win a lot of games. When I started at
Tottenham, we didn't have the money (to make massive signings like Chelsea
were able to do under Abramovich). I went for Tom Huddlestone, Aaron
Lennon, Michael Dawson and Andy Reid — all players we could get who
didn't have a high salary. They had ambition and wanted to be better and
they got the chance to play.
“But if I had done it with Chelsea they would not have played for two
years, so this is the difference. I am happy with many of the players I
signed for Chelsea. Just think, Borini and Sturridge are now at Liverpool,
Stoch scored the Fifa goal of the year for Fenerbahce, Nemanja Matic is
the star man at Benfica.
“Then you have Jeffrey Bruma [Hamburg], Gael Kakuta and Patrick van
Aanholt [both Vitesse Arnhem], who are doing very well on loan. There is
Josh McEachran and Ryan Bertrand, too. Some don't get the chance for the
Chelsea first team now but they will.”
Actually, Kakuta has just moaned that he would prefer not to be at Chelsea
next season because of the likely lack of playing time.
Arnesen claims that the strain on a Chelsea coach to win trophies is the
main reason why many of his signings have not been given a chance to make
an impact, negating any criticism that is being aimed in his direction.
It is something he has particularly come to appreciate now he is
experiencing a different attitude throughout the Bundesliga when it comes
to giving youth an opportunity. He added: “Germany has been very good in
developing players but also in putting them in the teams.
“That is the problem in England. At Chelsea, we had fantastic talent, we
built up marvellous players, but they needed to be given a chance and they
never were. The pressure is so big.
“Managers in England are going out and buying players, the level is high,
and it is difficult for them because if they lose two or three games,
they're gone.”
Arnesen still has a great affection for Chelsea and, like many connected
to the club, he argues that the 10 major trophies won over the past decade
shows that the Abramovich era has been a success.
As for the troubles Chelsea have experienced this term, the Dane has seen
enough of new signings such as Eden Hazard and Oscar to urge everyone to be
patient.
“Chelsea signed more technical players last summer and it will always
take time because they don't know the League,” he said. “When you buy
young players from Brazil and Belgium, they're not used to playing 60
games with the tempo of the Premier League and international games as
well. They have to learn and be given a year to adapt.
“It is a fantastic club and I loved to be involved there. It is the first
result I always look for.”
The problem for Arnesen, however, is that it looks as though he won't be
able to take much credit for any of their results in the future.
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