Ultimately, I too pray to all kinds of deities and am prepared to make all kinds of barbaric and unethical human sacrifices to make sure our lad doesn’t come back broken. The risk of burnout is a serious one and something that I feel is already a problem at the club. ‘Project Youth’ suffers, not through lack of quality but through over-exertion on players who aren’t ready for the demand. The likes of Cesc, Diaby, Denilson, Djourou and RVP are all constantly suffering from recurring knocks and bruises because of the immense pressure placed on them to play and perform at such a high level from such an early age
