David Horseman has quickly settled into his coaching role with our academy and is looking forward to taking charge of his first UEFA Youth League game against Olympiacos on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Horseman joined the club just over two weeks ago, and will be taking charge of our under-21s for their Vertu Trophy matches as well as our under-19s UEFA Youth League games.<\/p>\n
Having been on the coaching staff for two Premier League 2 games and tasted victory in his first Vertu Trophy game in charge against Newport, Horseman is enjoying being part of the academy team.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a bit of a whirlwind, obviously I came straight in, I think two days later we went to Bilbao to see the first (Youth League) game, and we\u2019ve had four or five games since I\u2019ve been in, in the two weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone\u2019s so welcoming, Albert (Stuivenberg) has been class, Max (Porter); the academy are doing some really, really good stuff so it\u2019s been the best decision I made to join, that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe detailed knowledge and care for the lads from the Academy, from Per (Mertesacker) down, that\u2019s blew me away. I\u2019ve been lucky, I\u2019ve had some really good jobs, but never from the top have I felt so supported so early on, so that\u2019s made me feel at home.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really proud to be at Arsenal and to lead the team and with all the staff, to try and give the players, because it\u2019s all about the players and not really about me, to give them the best chance of having good careers in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Our Youth League campaign began in Bilbao three weeks ago, with a 3-1 defeat to Athletic Club. Despite a tough start to the league phase, Horseman is confident that our under-19s have taken valuable learnings from our opening game.<\/p>\n