Pompey manager Harry Redknapp has said there will be a focus on the youth team and expect Pompey to sign Paul Hart to continue the good work he has done so far spotting good young talent. This follows Pompey last week paying a rumoured £400,000 for Millwall starlet Tom Kilbey and the trio of Rushden and Diamond players signed in the summer, and recent admissions by Tony Adams that Pompey are looking at Southampton right winger Nathan Dyer.
Chairman Sasha Gaydamak is looking to this investment in the youth team to bring new players into the Pompey first team, and to give the newly founded Pompey Academy a good start.
Talking to The News Harry Redknapp said "Tom Kilbey is a young player who Paul Hart rates highly. He is a tall lad with a good physique.
"Paul likes him so we are giving him some backing. He has come in and got on with setting up the Academy.
"We will back Paul Hart's judgement – and he says he is a good player.
"The youth system is something that has been neglected here over a number of years. Mr Gaydamak wants to see young players coming through.
"Nowadays, players often come from other clubs and are brought into other setups.
"Southampton did it with a lot of players. Theo Walcott came from Swindon, David McGoldrick and Leon Best came from Notts County.
"Then there was Dexter Blackstock from Oxford. Paul knows about the young players in the game and is a big asset to us."
With our story yesterday about Kanu being the key to unlock the pool of African young talent perhaps we will see some of those coming to our Academy soon (Full Story)
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