Unión: how does scouting work for reserves and youth signings? | OneFootball

Renzo Marzocchi spoke on ADN Gol's microphones and explained the work he does with another group of people working at Unión regarding the training of players for both the youth and reserve teams.

Yes, absolutely. We are constantly, the idea was to create that competitiveness within the teams, always improving and thinking about building and strengthening the young players with tools they might not have, especially in the development of our youth players.

So we carry out this process, perhaps in the reserve team, which we call scouting. In that idea, you mentioned the offensive aspect, we had analyzed that with the departure of Franco Ratotti, and perhaps also Tomás Romero, who went to play in the United States, and Dylan Greco's injury, we needed to bring in young players who could join that competitiveness. In that idea, we had to go out and conduct this search process. That's how we brought in, for example, Valentín Cerrudo, a young player we were able to bring from River, Ricky Solbes, Nacho Pedano, these are players who were specifically targeted and thought of in that strategy to reinforce the offensive aspect. But we are constantly analyzing and identifying deficits, not only in the reserve team but also in the development block, as my role involves the entire organization and logistics of player recruitment.

We are constantly monitoring with Ariel, Marcelo in recruitment, and obviously with the coaching staff, the deficits and gaps they identify to try to be balanced in the additions we make, ensuring there is an organic and balanced approach to recruitment.

He was a young player we also monitored in the region, the first filter we apply is obviously the city and the region. Like Alan Sosa, at one point Perezutti and Fagioli also came, who were standout players in Colón de San Justo, in the regional league. Alan's case was perhaps more noticeable because he was a forward, a top scorer, playing in the Rafaelina league selection, but that monitoring is ongoing. The impressions of Alan are very positive, a young player who is also adapting to a different training environment than what he experienced on July 9th, but I talk a lot with Nico, and Alan is doing very well.

Because obviously, one makes decisions, which always carry the risk of error or mistakes, in this sense, we try to minimize it. We plan a succession plan, what we call a succession plan from the reserve team downwards, so we identify where there might be a deficit, and the recruitment is aimed at addressing that. Perhaps the player we consider ready to take the step is 2 or 3 years younger than the one currently playing, and the need and urgency of competition might lead us to bring in a player who is ready now rather than one with long-term potential. This was also the case with Enzo Rubio, who, with the departure of Morales, who had been the captain and emblem last year and went to play at Atlético Rafaela, and also considering the first division with Lautaro and all the aspects of his possible call-up and departure. We believed Enzo, a young player who had been the captain of River's reserve team, with a lot of composure and experience despite his youth, was a present solution that would address many issues, especially playing important matches and the range of competition we needed to bring in.

Felipe Zili also joined, who had been playing at Talleres. Well, there were many options we considered, but yes, we always try to be cautious in that and ensure that recruitment doesn't delay a project coming from below.

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