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Nottingham Forest fans have already seen the likes of Brennan Johnson and Ryan Yates come through, and now it appears as if there’s another exciting player on the block.
Nuno Espirito Santo has never been shy of giving young players a chance at Nottingham Forest, with Zach Abbott getting a shot in the Carabao Cup earlier on this season.
It’s a policy that has served Nottingham Forest well over the years. Ryan Yates is one of the most important players at the club right now as the club captain.
Brennan Johnson is another example. He went up through the ranks and secured himself a £47.5 million move to Tottenham Hotspur.
Interestingly, it appears as if there may be a new potential future star in Forest ranks, as Nuno Espirito Santo called up a 17-year-old to train with the first-team during the international break.
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Nottingham Forest’s youth approach
Interestingly, it has been revealed that Nottingham Forest have their own rising star program, where they identify talents who they believe have the potential and send them through a special program.
Here’s what Craig Mulholland had to say:
“We have something called the ‘TPPP’ — the talented player performance programme.
“There are some players who will be identified as high-potential talents. It is our job to really push them. If we have the next Brennan Johnson coming through, we need to accelerate his learning. We delve deeper.
“Key aspects such as psychology, nutrition, performance, coaching, health and wellbeing, analysis and pathway are presented in a tailored performance dashboard.
“These reports will show if there are any areas where we need to push that kid, to prevent any barriers to him becoming a first-team player.
“We do wellbeing questionnaires every morning and the players wear Oura Rings, which monitor their heart rate. We know their stress and anxiety levels, 24 hours a day.
“They download that every night and our psychologist and wellbeing team can monitor it and see, for example, if a player is not sleeping well before games.”
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