Town Will Look to Upgrade Academy Tuesday, 9th Apr 2013 14:03
Academy director Bryan Klug has confirmed that the Blues will be looking to upgrade to a Category One youth set-up from the current Category Two.
“The owner is keen on applying for Category One and we will be doing that as soon as we can,” Klug said. “But there is a lot of expense involved and we have to find ways of funding that.”
Speaking in February, shortly after Category Two status was confirmed by an independent audit, academy operations manager Helen Broughton told TWTD that such an upgrade is not a huge leap: “What we’ve put in place to get to Category Two is massive in terms of facilities and staffing and the next step up isn’t that massive.
Time now for This Week in Sports and joining us in the studio is our sports editor Paul Neat.
Paul, there has been a bit of news lately regarding the Korean National Football Team - a friendly with Japan and now a centralized venue for the delayed World Cup qualifiers. What can you tell us? Yes, that’s right. The KFA confirmed at the end of last week that the Korean National Team will be facing Japan away in a friendly on March 25th. The squad was announced on Monday… subject to injury… Son Heung-min is included, as is Hwang Hee-chan but no players have been selected from K League champions Jeonbuk.
Injured Son Heung-min named to S. Korean roster for friendly vs. Japan March 15, 2021
Injured star Son Heung-min has been named to the South Korean national team for an upcoming men’s football friendly match against Japan.
Head coach Paulo Bento unveiled his 24-man roster Monday at a press conference at the Korea Football Association (KFA) House in Seoul. South Korea and Japan, two longtime archrivals, will clash on March 25 in Yokohama for their first showdown since December 2019.
Just hours before Bento’s announcement, Son suffered a left hamstring injury in a Premier League match against Arsenal on Sunday in London. Son pulled up grabbing the back of his left leg and walked off in the 19th minute of the 2-1 loss.
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