Do you, or anyone you know, dream of becoming a professional football (soccer) player? Joining an academy is probably the best route for a player to choose to become a professional player in modern times (Paul Merson – Former Arsenal player). The book The Best Football Academies (All In One Place) includes over 100 football (soccer) academies located in different parts of the world. WHAT'S INCLUDED The book includes: The Top 25 academies (based on # of players recruited vs. # of players produced that sign a contract with a professional club) ;Over 100 academies located in Europe, Asia, Africa, The Caribbean, and North and South America;Academy programmes providing an opportunity of signing a professional contract;Contact details (websites, telephone numbers, email addresses, academy managers, scouting staff, etc.);Locations and physical addresses; andAdditional information (i.e. training programme details, application / registration dates / procedures, and academy staff comments, where applicable). ABOUT AUTHOR / CONTRIBUTORThis book was written in response to a large volume of questions received by our Soccer Agent Course Instructor; who has tutored people around the world and taught them about the laws and rules that apply to the work of agents. The instructor obtained an LLB (Hons) degree and completed Bar training. The author also worked for a couple of law firms and as a Legal Researcher and Writer for a number of years. WHO IS THE BOOK DESIGNED FOR?The book is designed for players, parents of young players, relatives / friends of a player, club coaches / officials, or anyone else who is helping a player develop his / her playing career to realise a dream of becoming a professional player. THE BENEFITS OF BUYING THE BOOKIt has been estimated that less than 1% of players playing organised football sign a contract with an English premier league club (English FA (Richard Allen), 'Football Talent Spotting: Are Clubs Getting It Wrong With Kids?', (2015)). While this statistic only relates to the English Premier League, it is clear that competition to become a professional footballer is very high.Therefore, leaving the decision about which academy to join to chance, or making a decision about an academy without at least carrying out research does not make sense to me. Would you agree? The best approach is to compare the academies available before deciding which academy to join.The academies available vary considerably in terms of the standard of training, support & facilities provided to a player, and more importantly the opportunities available to the player to progress his / her career upon completing an academy programme. WHAT YOU GETGrab a copy of this book if you want to compare the different academies to decide what type of academy would provide a player with the best prospect of fulfilling a career ambition of becoming a professional player.
