Per Mertesacker reveals a potential lending network between gunners and Werder Bremen

Per Mertesacker, director of the Arsenal Academy, hinted that the Gunners could potentially enter into a loan network agreement with the Werder Bremen to help develop young players going through the systems. young people from each club.

The former 34-year-old central defender played for seven years at Emirates Stadium after making a transfer in late summer 2011 from Bremen, where he spent five seasons.

Mertesacker hung up on the heels at the end of last season and joined the coaching team of the Gunners Academy. The former German international is responsible for overseeing the development of young talents and ensuring that they are ready to play with the team first.

Mertesacker returned to his former club, Werder Bremen, to begin discussions with technical director, Thomas Schaaf, about a possible collaboration between the two camps. S addressing the German Bild point of sale, Mertesacker said: "The Werder Bremen has a very good job with young people and with Thomas Schaaf (technical director responsible for the training concept at NLZ), someone who is bringing in new structures." I spoke to him and thought about it. to what we can do together regarding the players. "

When asked if club collaboration could involve loan agreements for promising players, Mertesacker could only smile and say: "Let's see what happens, it was only an exchange of ideas."

It was recently revealed on gunners The academy coach tried everything to retain Ybadin Fortune at Arsenal, while the 20-year-old decided to leave for FC Sion at the end of last season.

Per Mertesacker:

"If we can have a doctor in America, it's a success for us as an academy as well.

"If we meet someone who does not succeed in football and who has a successful career elsewhere in the world, it's also a success."

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An agreement between Arsenal and Bremen could allow promising young players, such as Fortune at the club, to give them the minutes of the first Bundesliga and pushing their development to a high level in German football.

Arsenal will be back after the international break when they face Newcastle on the first day of April and continue their fight for a place in the Champions League. First league.