Martinez likes benefits of the loan system

, 10 April, 0comments  |  Jump to most recent
Roberto Martinez has been talking about the importance of the loan system for Everton as it allowed him to complete his squad for this season. However, he does recognize the problem created by glamour clubs stockpiling talented players.

"I accept everyone's opinion but the loan system has to be part of the game," he said.

"Clearly from our point of view the loan system was vital as we needed it to finish our squad and to criticise that would be ridiculous.

"If you can be creative with the way you can use your resources that is part of the game.

"The two young players (Romelu Lukaku and Gerard Deulofeu) needed the opportunity to develop and Gareth Barry has come in and his experience has been very important.

"Loanees will never be successful unless you have a strong core of players and that is what we have.

"What is difficult is finding a loan relationship which works because not all of these have been successful, so it has its pros and cons."

He said sometimes the root cause of the high number of available loans was a combination of big-spending clubs stockpiling players and poor choices by the youngsters in the first place.

"You could find many examples of players who have not been treated fairly just because they are not part of the club's long-term future and are seen just as part of a support squad," he added.

"Sometimes young players get attracted to the glamorous name of a club but you need to be realistic.

"Some clubs have very much in mind the idea of developing young players and giving them opportunities and we want to believe we are one of those.

"We have had, at times, four under-21s in the line up and two on the bench and that is an unknown quality.

"Other teams are very much about first-team affairs and development players are completely separate so it can be very difficult for a young player to have an opportunity in the first team.

"Your decision when you are accepting to be part of a club to develop your career has to be about the long-term possibilities of becoming a professional football.

"You will always get the top clubs investing a huge amount of money thinking about the progress of the first team and not a young player, which is a real shame."

Quotes sourced from ITV





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