Soccerex: "Higher percentage of Danes becoming pro footballers then the Premier League" (C. Thomsen)

"If you look at the numbers, we have a higher percentage of Danes becoming professional football players, then, say, the Premier League. And this creates a different competitive advantage. We have first team players who truly came up through our clubs. They are local products, they are truly connected to the community," said Claus Thomsen, CEO of the Danish Alka Superliga at the Soccerex Global Convention on 05/09/2017.

The 2017 edition of the Soccerex Global Convention is taking place from 04 to 06/09/2017 at the Manchester Central Convention Complex in Manchester (ENG). News Tank Football is present with an analyst on-site. Claus Thomsen spoke in panel titled: "The League View", alongside Jacco Swart, CEO of the Dutch Eredivisie; Pedro Correia, secretary general of the Portuguese Liga Nos; and Shaun Harvey, CEO of the English Football League.

"We have to think about what happens when our small or mid-size clubs spend money on youth development, and spend lots of money in proportion to their budgets. And then, at the end of the year, the two best players in the small club's academy…