Manchester United is a club with a long tradition of developing young footballers. From the Busby Babes in the 1950s to the class of ’92 under Sir Alex Ferguson, the club has a proven track record of producing home-grown talent. Times may have changed but the philosophy remains the same; to nurture young talent and turn them into first team and hopefully international footballers.

United’s dedication to youth development runs throughout the whole club. From the first team to the Academy teams to our Manchester United Soccer Schools, all the coaching staff at Manchester United share the same vision; to coach players to produce high quality attacking and exciting football.

Our objective is for each individual to attain their optimum level of performance and benefit from being coached the ‘Manchester United Way’.

All activity is directed to the developmental age of the participant. Programmes will be challenging but achievable, guaranteeing that each child leaves our course with a raised self esteem and most importantly having experienced fun and enjoyment.

The Manchester United Soccer Schools team are expert coaches. They have all been through a rigorous qualification and selection process in order to guarantee the quality of the coaching delivered to each and every player. They have experience of coaching children of all nationalities and abilities and in 2011 over 2000 children from more than 80 different countries attended a Manchester United Soccer Schools residential camp. The residential camps are a complete global soccer environment with English being the spoken language.

IN BRIEF:

" My favourite things about the camp were the football sessions and being able to meet new people/friends and also to improve my English skills by talking to them in English "

Luka Jaksic

" I especially liked the soccer training because we played a lot of games and also the English classes, because we did many different activities and I learned many new different English terms and phrases! "

Eugene Wong

" I enjoyed all of the English lessons because the teachers were nice and all of them had their lessons planned "

Ryan Yeung

" My favourite thing about the camp is that I can improve my soccer skills and meet new friends. Also I had some amazing excursions to London, Wembley and soon the Theatre of Dreams - Old Trafford! "

Nguyen Thien Bao

" My favourite thing about the camp was the football sessions. I think it brought everyone closer together. People from different parts of the world come to one place and play as a team. I just love it! "

Nguyen Nhat Vu

" We had really good football sessions. The coaches were amazing. All sessions were interesting. Our English teacher helped to me to improve my English skills. "

Gleb Starovoit

" I think this trip has made me more independent. Also, I met lots of new friends in this camp, they come from different countries and I can learn different languages from them. The most important thing is I have learnt English very well here! "

Chung Chun

" This is a very fun course. After the course I learnt a lot about both football & English. In the football part the coaches were fantastic, they helped us develop our personal skills and tactics. In English, the teachers & teaching method were wonderful. "

Vincent Chan

" I would like to thatnk you for these two weeks at Manchester. Alex is vry satisfied and happy - he'd love to stay longer. I appreciate all your efforts to keep the boys busy and happy at the same time. The conditions of stay (premises, food) was very "

Andrey (parent)