[Albion] Bloom hoovering up young English goalkeepers

[Bozza]

Related to this thread on future goalkeeping options, from the latest Popbitch newsletter...

Rio Ferdinand announced yesterday that his eldest son, Lorenz, had moved out to go to Brighton’s goalkeeper academy.​

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Much has been written recently on how Brighton and Hove Albion is the best-run club in the Premier League – but the data-driven stewardship of gambling legend Tony Bloom runs even deeper than the current headlines suggest.​

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Bloom spotted that there weren’t many English goalkeepers coming through into the league (it can be an unfashionable position with less star quality and lower transfer fees) so he saw an opportunity. By hoovering up all the good teenage goalkeeping prospects he could and putting them through the academy, he would have a conveyor belt of up-and-coming keepers to fill much needed squad roles across the English league. Making Brighton a tidy profit each time.​

 

[pb21]

Related to this thread on future goalkeeping options, from the latest Popbitch newsletter...

Rio Ferdinand announced yesterday that his eldest son, Lorenz, had moved out to go to Brighton’s goalkeeper academy.​

​

Much has been written recently on how Brighton and Hove Albion is the best-run club in the Premier League – but the data-driven stewardship of gambling legend Tony Bloom runs even deeper than the current headlines suggest.​

​

Bloom spotted that there weren’t many English goalkeepers coming through into the league (it can be an unfashionable position with less star quality and lower transfer fees) so he saw an opportunity. By hoovering up all the good teenage goalkeeping prospects he could and putting them through the academy, he would have a conveyor belt of up-and-coming keepers to fill much needed squad roles across the English league. Making Brighton a tidy profit each time.​

He's a very clever man.

 

[Stat Brother]

News dropped by OK magazine.

We've finally made it.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Lorenz has been with the club for a while, but now he's 16 I'm guessing hes moving down here to join our academy system full time.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

News dropped by OK magazine.

We've finally made it.

*no longer under the radar.

 

[A1X]

News dropped by OK magazine.

We've finally made it.

I prefer to get my transfer gossip from Take A Break, personally

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

I prefer to get my transfer gossip from Take A Break, personally

Eh, Hello

 

[GT49er]

I prefer to get my transfer gossip from Take A Break, personally

Quite right - chance to win a fifty quid prize too!

 

[Springal]

Lorenz has been with the club for a while, but now he's 16 I'm guessing hes moving down here to join our academy system full time.

Yep Rio was often around Shoreham having coffee etc while his lad trained

 

[LamieRobertson]

Yep Rio was often around Shoreham having coffee etc while his lad trained

Well I didn’t want to name drop, but I can confirm this is 1 billion per cent true

 

[saafend_seagull]

Rushworth - any good with his feet?

 

[BNthree]

Just sounds like Rio got bored of driving him down all the time for training. Lorenz has been with the club for ages.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

The Daily Mail- reporting this story- breathlessly documented it as "Rio's son leaves home to live with another family" as though there had been some sort of awful, tragic falling out, rather than a budding footballer going to live with a host family as happens with countless young lads all over the country every season, with the full support of their parents.

 

[GT49er]

Rushworth - any good with his feet?

No idea. But damned good at shot-stopping and commanding his penalty area.




So, probably League1 at best then .......................................

 

[Guinness Boy]

No idea. But damned good at shot-stopping and commanding his penalty area.




So, probably League1 at best then .......................................

Yep. That hasn’t been good enough on its own since about 2010.

 

[theboybilly]

Just sounds like Rio got bored of driving him down all the time for training. Lorenz has been with the club for ages.

No, Lorenze has been brought down by Club transport (on the odd occasion Rio would do it) until now. I think this is what the club do once they see a real future for a youngster. Get the player into digs so he is free of long days travelling and can concentrate on his career. The club do continue to monitor and help with formal education too. I don't know of any other Academy that provides such a good transport system for the younger players just starting out. This is a special club.

 

[GT49er]

Yep. That hasn’t been good enough on its own since about 2010.

Neither has after-timing!