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Podcast: Project Footballer
Episode: Richard Allen - Ex Head of England Talent ID explains what English clubs are taught to scout
Description: In this episode, Marcelo and I speak to Richard Allen.
Richard Allen is the former Head of Talent ID for the FA as well as Head of Recruitment for Tottenham and Academy Director for QPR. He was responsible for creating the original Talent ID courses that govern how we scout in England today. These courses range from teaching scouts at the grassroots level what they should look for and how academy directors should manage their heads of recruitment and their scouting departments.
We ask the question have academies in England got this right? Expect to...