Player Development & Scouting are major priorities for Royal Racing FC Montegnée. We offer outstanding conditions for the training and development of young players.

The Montegnée way is to provide a positive football experience for all players in our international programs. We see the need to continue the policy of training and developing our young players realistically and with perseverance. After all, many of the young players who benefit from this high-quality training and development could ultimately turn out to be the star players of the future.

A player of outstanding talent can perform feats on the pitch that other players are not capable of.

Talent is 20% gift and 80% hard work!

Although talented players do possess above-average skills, it is still essential that these skills are allowed to develop to the full. Weaknesses can arise, although they are sometimes difficult to detect (i.e. a drop in performance for different reasons: underlying depression, a weakness in the player’s character, a dislike of prolonged effort, rapid loss of motivation, a gap in the player’s training/education, etc.). These factors can also seriously hamper the player‘s progress, or even prevent them from overcoming the obstacles that they are bound to encounter in top-level football.

High-quality scouting is not merely restricted to watching a player in a match and going through a checklist of requirements. The scout has to be able to observe the player on several occasions in different situations to see how they behave on the pitch, in training sessions, during matches, with their team-mates and towards the coach, as well as away from the football setting with their parents and friends. The scout can then be certain that the player is equipped with the right psycho-motor skills and mental and physical capacities to allow them to follow a progressive development programme before reaching the required standard.

A well-organized scouting policy should therefore go beyond merely watching a talented youngster and then arranging for their transfer to the club. That club should be able to guarantee follow-up with the player’s development, help them to achieve their full potential and provide them with an appropriate training and development structure and a high-quality social and educational environment.