China: recruitment of 100 foreign coaches for youth training centres by the end of 2019

"Youth development is the foundation of our football reform plans. It is the core of China's strategies of football development. We have plans of engaging around a hundred high-level foreign coaches in our youth training from 2018 to 2019. We want these coaches to instill their knowledge into our youngsters, to teach them the football elements," said Du Zhaocai, acting president of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), on 25/03/2019.

"A total of a hundred high-quality foreign coaches will be hired and sent to a dozen youth training centres across the country to cultivate their young talents," said FIFA.

Scouts, physical trainers and goalkeeper coaches have been selected to support development at all levels. Additionally, each foreign coach will work with three local technicians, whose mission is to assist their mentors, but also to adapt their methods: "This 3+1 mode will make sure that this project becomes a success because in the process, our home-grown coaches will broaden their visions by learning from these foreign experts," continued Du Zhaocai.

"The first 15 foreign…