The Danish Blueprint: Can Scottish Clubs Learn from FC Nordsjælland?
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The Danish Blueprint: Can Scottish Clubs Learn from FC Nordsjælland?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 14, 202622 min
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  • Sport

How do you build a successful football club around youth development? Ahead of Hearts' Conference League match with the Danish side on Thursday. Thomas Duncan sits down with FC Nordsjælland sporting director Alexander Riget to discuss the philosophy that has transformed the Danish club into one of Europe's leading talent factories. Riget explains the origins of the Right to Dream model, the club's commitment to giving opportunities to young players, and why investing heavily in academy development has become both a footballing strategy and a sustainable business model. The conversation explores recruitment in Scandinavia and Africa, the challenges o...

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at Time Castle and we're taking an in-depth look at how the small Danish club has become

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. or wherever you get your pods. Hello, I'm Thomas Duncan and this is a special edition of the Scottish Football Podcast. Hearts are hosting FC Norchaland in their Conference League opener on Thursday night

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at Time Castle and we're taking an in-depth look at how the small Danish club has become a powerhouse of youth development. Norxialand have made over 200 million euros of profit on transfers from selling their best young players in the last decade, one of the best returns in Europe. They've managed

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it while giving the highest percentage of their minutes to teenagers across the continent. I sat down with the club's sporting director Alexander Rill to find out how they've done it, including their link to the Right to Dream Academy in Ghana which has helped source Mohammed Khuruz and other great players, and what Scottish clubs could learn from

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