Source: SKY_Sports
Everton hope for Thai capture
// A bit of a hack but it works// The article snippet is wrapped onto a second line, even when #article-sub is emptyif( $("div#article-sub").children().length == 0 ) {$("div#article-sub").remove();} Everton's academy chief Ray Hall has revealed that they are looking to become the first Premier League club to sign a Thai player.[LNB] Manchester City were strongly linked with a move for a number of Thailand internationals during Thaksin Shinawatra's tenure - but they never managed to bring one to the club on a full-time basis.[LNB]Now Everton - who currently have a delegation in Bangkok - are ready to move for a Thai player.[LNB]Everton have set up the Thai Bev Football Academy and they will look to nurture the best talent and Hall is confident with how things are progressing.[LNB]"Each year we take a selection of players and do some work with them," Hall told Everton's official website.[LNB]"Just as there are Korean and Chinese players who have been playing in the Premier League, we'd like to be the first club to play a Thai player.[LNB]"It's really difficult because of rules and regulations but I'm sure that the way the whole thing is going, it is just a matter of time.[LNB]"That's the long-term goal. The objective of coming back each year is to help the partnership we have developed in South East Asia, with Chang in particular.[LNB]"We have been coming over for four years; four years ago the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority asked whether we would help establish an academy for them.[LNB]"Each year when we come back as part of our Chang partnership, we take a group of their players and do some work with them." [LNB]
