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Tottenham Hotspur Academy coaches young footballers from the age of 8 to 18.

The operation involves approximately 150 young players, looked after by 30 full time and part time staff.

A network of 35 scouts ensure that Spurs bring in the best talent locally, and compete for other national players and those based abroad.

This season nine new scholars will join the 11 existing 2nd year boys to form the nucleus of the Academy U18 squad.

The 3rd year Academy players all train with the Reserve/ Development Squad and compete for places in the Reserve Team.

The Spurs Academy was started 9 years ago in response to the great strides taken in the development of young players in the professional game in England, especially within the Premier League Clubs. The players between 9-14 years train a minimum of 5 hours per week and play one competitive match. The 15-17 year old players are training every week day and playing a match each week. There is great pressure on Premier League clubs to produce the best young players as the value to the club as a financial asset is sometimes the difference between survival and relegation. Being in a position to develop and sell at a profit is reality in today’s game.

Spurs have signed four foreign 17 year old players in the last two months which proves the big clubs will go to ends of the earth in order to discover the best young talent wherever it can be found. The club paid over 2 million ponds ($4 million) for 19 year old Aaron Lennon two years ago when he was just 17 and he is now a regular member of the Full England Squad. Tom Huddlestone is another big money teenager to arrive from Derby County, as is first team regular Center Back Michael Dawson from Nottingham Forrest. This kind of money for teenagers makes the role of the Academy and the pressure to produce home grown talent even more vital to the financial survival of football clubs.