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Hasenhuttl on producing young talents: “Even at 15 or 16, it’s too late to bring them in. You have to be very lucky to find someone who doesn’t shine too brightly and is immediately taken away by a great club.”
Last Updated: 09/19/20 11:04 pm
Gareth Bale started his career in Southampton 14 years ago
Ralph Hasenhuttl admits that it will be extremely difficult for Southampton to find another Gareth Bale due to the formidable scouting networks of the best clubs in Europe.
Welsh star Bale is back in the Premier League after meeting with Real Madrid’s Tottenham on the Saints weekend.
The 31-year-old’s brilliant career, which includes two LaLiga titles and four Champions League wins, began at St Mary’s more than 14 years ago.
Saints boss Hasenhuttl believes that the competition for young talent in the modern era is much more intense and admits that it is rare for potential superstars to escape the vast networks of major soccer teams.
“I don’t know if it’s possible to go back to what this academy once produced because you can see more and more that especially the big clubs are looking for these great talents very, very early,” Hasenhuttl said.
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“Even there, as a small club, you no longer have a chance to get them.
“Because of this, younger players, even at 15, 16, it’s too late to get in. You have to be very lucky to find someone who doesn’t shine too brightly and is immediately taken away by a great club.
“They are very, very aggressive in this market. You can see it in Germany, now all over the world they are looking for great talent.”
“They see that sometimes it’s cheaper to get a young man to pay for it, maybe a few million and not 50 [million] when he is famous. This is the reason why many teams do this and then we find it difficult to find them.
“What we can do is what we have with our knowledge, with our experience in each part of this club is to develop them in a way that is a little different, playing a different style but that can make you a great player even if you don’t have the greatest talent. “
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Bale broke into the Southampton senior team in April 2006 at just 16 years old and became a regular during the 2006/07 campaign.
He was named the American Football League Young Player of the Year at the end of his great season, with his performances on the left back helping the Saints reach the Championship play-offs with George Burley.
The Spurs signed him in the summer of 2007 and after six seasons of development at White Hart Lane, he moved to Madrid for a world record transfer of around £ 86 million in 2013.
Bale will be unable to perform this weekend after returning to Spurs on loan on Saturday night, and the north London club expects him to be out until after the October international break as he regains his fitness for the match. .
Hasenhuttl believes that the high-profile signing is a huge boost for English football.
“I think it’s great for the Premier League that very good players come into the league,” said the Austrian.
“It’s a sign from this league that everyone wants to play in the strongest league in the world.
“It is definitely a good sign for everyone that there are teams that are investing money to get those players.
“We can’t do this, it’s a shame. It would be interesting to have a player with this speed on our side, but we don’t have the money for this. But I find it good.”
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