The quality of the French training is recognized throughout the world

Anelka, Sylvestre Dabo Sissoko, Flamini... They are many, young French footballers, to be left under other skies until he had signed their first professional contract in their trainers clubs. What concerns the latter on their ability to retain their best students. "Which in turn could put in question the French model", concludes a study conducted jointly by INEUMconsulting and Euromed Marseille.

The quality of the French training is recognized throughout the world. It has a cost that the professional football league estimated on average at 114.619 euros per player. This estimate is next to the 90,000 euros by the International Federation (Fifa) to calculate the amount found "undervalued" by the experts of the eTIR. The quality of training in French is "sustainable" from the moment where the players trained in the club "evolve into first team", eventually to a "financial return" transfer.

It is the model that has prevailed up to the Bosman ruling ("Les Echos" on 16 and 17 June). Since the end of the quotas in Europe, French players are courted in earlier by European clubs, which is now pushing the existing balances. INEUMconsulting and Euromed Marseille study reveals that more closer peaks, "more recruiting players who have already been proven in major European Championships". In all cases, about 35 of the players have been trained in the Ligue 1 in the country.

The "European" French clubs (Lyon, Marseille, including MTP) will seek in other continents (Africa, Latin America) one third of their players, only slightly more than 10 for the ten major clubs in the Championship of France. Troyes, Nice and Toulouse are distinguished by their recruitment of players with almost all evolved in France. In contrast, Lille is playing its networks international where he recruited almost two thirds of its players.

Practice of the "scouting".

Beyond our borders, the study noted that the three major Italian teams (Juventus, AC Milan, Inter Milan) are characterized by a small percentage of players trained in the club, but their recruitment is done in the direction of players having already evolved on their territory. The two major Spanish (Barcelona and Real Madrid) are more appeal at their training centre. English clubs have all types of situations, Arsenal and Chelsea using still little training, in contrast to Manchester United. Their Scottish counterparts are mainly their market beyond their borders, but are struggling to attract football players playing in the top European clubs.

The study noted that the quality of the training to the French (from a technical but also human point of view) has an estimated cost of 3 to 5 million for the great trainers clubs (Auxerre, Nantes, Lyon, Rennes, Sochaux...). Quality infrastructure was put in place, most often financed by local communities (Lens, Le Havre, Toulouse or Nancy). In our European neighbors, great efforts have been undertaken a decade by English clubs (Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Newcastle, Fulham, Blackburn) wishing their catch on the France.

Beyond trainers, big clubs have strengthened their numbers, including "scouting". Experts note that there are many foreign clubs employing 4 or 5 full time people responsible for implementing the policy of detection at the local, national and international levels and to supervise the work of their armies of regional correspondents. In this regard, they noted, French clubs are less equipped and rely first on their historical networks (Africa, Argentina, Brazil in particular).

Nevertheless suggests "they could in the future of losing their dominant position in certain territories for the benefit of major European clubs". English clubs, including, developed important means in place internationally in view of the restrictions they know at the local level. They are indeed limited by their Federation in the pool of recruitment to a maximum time of journey to the age of 13 and an hour and a half to less than 16 years.