PSG opened a new Academy in Miami in the presence of Maxwell, the former Brazilian defender and ambassador of the club. It will be the headquarters of the American branch of this network of football schools. Six months after the creation of another structure in Los Angeles, it is a new sign of the club's desire to develop in the United States, but also in Canada and the Caribbean, when 1,500 children are already taken in alone. 'in Florida as part of this club development project.
These football schools, built and equipped by PSG, then managed by educators trained from Paris are now spread around the world. Former Marseille player Gary Bocaly has been running the Martinique-based structure since August last. "The PSG does not see only the recruitment in this adventure, explained to the Parisian ex-lateral. We want to train, learn and develop quality football. "
In the United States, the objective for PSG is to open a further ten of these “Academy” in the next three years in order to support 10,000 young footballers. Currently, 18,500 children between the ages of 4 and 17 attend these units in fourteen countries around the world.