The Best of Goals on Sunday – 30th December
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What highlights from the Premier League action are discussed?
Welcome to the Goals on Sunday podcast. Joining Cami and me on the sofa this week, former Wolves Everton and City centre-back Julian Lescott. We're going to look at all of Saturday's actions ahead of the title race and of course reminisce about that goal Aguero scored in that title winning season. Enjoy. Good to see you.
Happy Christmas. Thank you, and you? Happy birthday. Yeah, thank you, thank you. It's your second Christmas not playing. How does that feel? Nice. Nice?
Yeah. Same, just off air then.
How does Joleon Lescott reflect on his time away from football?
Didn't leave the house for two days, which is what everyone else does when they're not playing football.
Yeah. So you're not missing it then?
At this time of year, no.
No?
Not when it's colder than that. No, but obviously got children and that, so just spend time with them and playing all sorts of games.
So you've been there, seen it, done that, and now it's family time.
Yeah, for the time being, yeah, definitely. I'm enjoying that. I'm enjoying spending time with the family. They've sacrificed a lot of time, especially around this time of year, for me over the coming past previous year, so I'm just enjoying that at the moment.
You've rejoined 2018, so you rejoined Manchester City in sort of a mentoring role for all the loan players, is that right?
Yeah, well, I started, I think it was October 17, but then officially... in the 18, year 18, basically there's a group of players that go on loan from Man City. At the moment, the total is 30, I think. And then we kind of designated... Players in between the group of us, there's ten of us that actually look after them and help guide them through whatever situations they face.
So what do you do? Do you go and watch them?
Yeah, we go and watch all the games via internet and scouting sites and stuff like that. And then we visit each player at least once a month individually. Most players, they get on average four or five visits a month from the group of staff that look after them. We just, as I say, make sure that they're conducting themselves the right way and applying themselves. And we give them development plans to improve themselves. They're not just on loan for the sake of being on loan. So they still feel like they've got a chance.
Is it development for Manchester City or development to sell them on?
Both, depending on kind of what they see and what's realistic for the individual. It's hard to say that every player is going to play for Man City because... The way the club's going, it's going to be hard for that to happen, but as long as the player improves while they're on loan, then I'm sure... And it's just to create a career for them, really. As I said, every player knows and every professional's going to play for Man City, that's there in the academy, so if they can have a career, that's great.
Sorry, you can do that with as many players as you want, is that right?
Yeah, yeah, there's not a cap. There's talk of being a cap coming in.
FIFA are talking about that, aren't they?
Yeah, which, again, I'm still yet to find a benefit for that. I don't know why they would change something. There's a lot wrong with the game.
Well, the argument from some people is that clubs with a lot of spending power, like Manchester City, like Chelsea do it as well, can hoard players then, and that's not to the benefit of the other clubs that don't get a chance.
Yeah, of course, but we're not hoarding them, we're sending them on loan and... Nine times out of ten, we help out with the way they're looked after in terms of wages and stuff like that. We're not saying just have the players and fund them all yourselves and stuff like that. So there's a lot of opportunities there and I don't think anyone's being mistreated. The clubs are getting a chance to look at players before they actually eventually sign them. So it can be looked at as a kind of a trial before you get an opportunity of signing them.
What role does Joleon Lescott play in mentoring loan players at Manchester City?
So you can certainly see the benefits from it. And would the loan players say that they're feeling the benefits of it as well?
I think the ones that it's worked for, I think that's the case with any scenario.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What highlights from the Premier League action are discussed?
0:00–0:27
2
How does Joleon Lescott reflect on his time away from football?
0:27–3:19
3
What role does Joleon Lescott play in mentoring loan players at Manchester City?
3:19–6:01
4
What are the development goals for loan players at Manchester City?
6:01–10:54
5
How do loan players benefit from their time away from their parent club?
10:54–13:45
6
What were the highlights of 2018 for the guests?
13:45–14:08
Speakers
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