{"id":251375,"date":"2023-02-13T11:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T10:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/robert-pires-un-mito-de-vuelta-en-vila-real\/"},"modified":"2023-02-13T17:38:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T16:38:10","slug":"robert-pires-un-mito-de-vuelta-en-vila-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/en\/robert-pires-un-mito-de-vuelta-en-vila-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Pires: a legend back in Vila-real"},"content":{"protected":false,"blocks":[{"type":"heading","level":2,"text":"The Yellows legend returns to his former home while his son Th\u00e9o is training with Villarreal U16s for a week"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Robert Pires has returned to Vila-real. The Submarino Amarillo legend, who played at the old El Madrigal from 2006 to 2010, was at the Jos\u00e9 Manuel Llaneza Training Ground last week for his son\u2019s training sessions with the Yellow\u2019s U16s (Cadete A) team. Pires\u2019 family is based in Ibiza, where his son Th\u00e9o plays for Pe\u00f1a Deportiva. The young Pires spent a week at Miralcamp training with the academy players under the club\u2019s methodology."},{"type":"video","kind":"iframe","url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/08mfqU7kfvs?feature=oembed","poster":""},{"type":"paragraph","text":"\u201cHe is having a great time, but the most important thing for him is the opportunity to be here with the U16s, where there is a lot of level and speed in the game. The level in Ibiza is different. He is learning things. It\u2019s very hard because the level is higher, but he has to learn and enjoy himself,\u201d commented the French star during his stay in La Plana Baixa. Th\u00e9o, born in Valencia during his father\u2019s time with the Submarine, had to adapt from day one to a different training model to that of the Ibizan team and said: \u201cIt is a challenge because the level in Ibiza is lower. The pace is higher and the ball is always moving.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The intensity in the sessions, as well spending a lot of time on the ball, is one of the main features of the Yellows Academy. \u201cIt is one of the best in Spain. Everyone knows that the youth academy is very important here. A lot of kids start at 12 or 13 and he trains with 15-year-olds. You can see that they have learned to play fast and to move. There\u2019s a bit more intensity than I expected, the first day after training he was exhausted because he\u2019s not used to it, but he\u2019s learning. It\u2019s a very good experience because he\u2019s already seeing the level he has to reach if he wants to be a professional one day,\u201d confessed the ex-footballer, who fell in love with this model after arriving from Arsenal."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"\u201cI think football in Spain is different from other countries. It\u2019s like \u2018get the ball, pass it and move\u2019 instead of dribbling so much and the methodology is different. In Ibiza it\u2019s like there\u2019s more time and less pressure to decide,\u201d added young Th\u00e9o, who doesn\u2019t remember seeing his father in yellow live due to his young age: \u201cI don\u2019t remember seeing my father play here because I was about two or three years old. I was very young, but I\u2019ve seen the highlights on YouTube.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The best academy in Spain"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"As Pires points out, \u201cThe evolution of the club is very great. It has been doing well for years. In my time, there was already the same president, Fernando Roig. For the people, the most important thing is the first team, as is normal, but for the president it is also very important to have a good youth academy. Today he has it. We are seeing it with the U16s, which has a lot of quality. But it\u2019s not just that, the B team is in the second division and the women\u2019s team is in the first tier too.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Pau Torres, \u00c1lex Baena, Samu Chukwueze, Yeremy Pino and Filip Jorgensen are just some of the names who came through the youth ranks and are now shining with the first team at the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica. \u201cIt just shows that the youth system is very good,\u201d said the France international. \u201cTo have such a production of players means a lot of things. When you\u2019re Th\u00e9o\u2019s age, you dream of being a professional one day, but first you have to work very hard and be demanding in your life. All these names worked very hard and, at some point, thanks to talent, they achieved their dream. What the club is doing with the youth system is very good and that\u2019s why there are very young players who are already in the first team,\u201d he added."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The former player was impressed (again) with the work of the club at all levels. \u201cVillarreal is for me one of the best clubs in Spain and you can see that from the youngest players,\u201d he argued after his week watching numerous training sessions and matches at the training ground. Pires was able to see that almost three decades later that work continues to bear fruit."}],"structured":{"summary":{"text":"The Yellows legend returns to his former home while his son Th\u00e9o is training with Villarreal U16s for a week Robert Pires has returned to Vila-real. The Submarino Amarillo legend, who played at the old El Madrigal from 2006 to 2010, was at the Jos\u00e9 Manuel Llaneza Training Ground last week for his son\u2019s training sessions with the Yellow\u2019s U16s (Cadete A) team. Pires\u2019 family is based in Ibiza, where his son Th\u00e9o plays for Pe\u00f1a Deportiva. The young Pires spent a week at Miralcamp training with the academy players under the club\u2019s methodology. \u201cHe is having a great time, but the most important thing for him is the opportunity to be here with the U16s, where there is a lot of level and speed in the game. The level in Ibiza is different. He is learning things. It\u2019s very hard because the level is higher, but he has to learn and enjoy himself,\u201d commented the French star during his stay in La Plana Baixa. Th\u00e9o, born in Valencia during his father\u2019s time with the Submarine, had to adapt from day one to a different training model to that of the Ibizan team and said: \u201cIt is a challenge because the level in Ibiza is lower. The pace is higher and the ball is always moving.\u201d The intensity in the sessions, as well spending a lot of time on the ball, is one of the main features of the Yellows Academy. \u201cIt is one of the best in Spain. Everyone knows that the youth academy is very important here. A lot of kids start at 12 or 13 and he trains with 15-year-olds. You can see that they have learned to play fast and to move. There\u2019s a bit more intensity than I expected, the first day after training he was exhausted because he\u2019s not used to it, but he\u2019s learning. It\u2019s a very good experience because he\u2019s already seeing the level he has to reach if he wants to be a professional one day,\u201d confessed the ex-footballer, who fell in love with this model after arriving from Arsenal. \u201cI think football in Spain is different from other countries. It\u2019s like \u2018get the ball, pass it and move\u2019 instead of dribbling so much and the methodology is different. In Ibiza it\u2019s like there\u2019s more time and less pressure to decide,\u201d added young Th\u00e9o, who doesn\u2019t remember seeing his father in yellow live due to his young age: \u201cI don\u2019t remember seeing my father play here because I was about two or three years old. I was very young, but I\u2019ve seen the highlights on YouTube.\u201d The best academy in Spain As Pires points out, \u201cThe evolution of the club is very great. It has been doing well for years. In my time, there was already the same president, Fernando Roig. For the people, the most important thing is the first team, as is normal, but for the president it is also very important to have a good youth academy. Today he has it. We are seeing it with the U16s, which has a lot of quality. But it\u2019s not just that, the B team is in the second division and the women\u2019s team is in the first tier too.\u201d Pau Torres, \u00c1lex Baena, Samu Chukwueze, Yeremy Pino and Filip Jorgensen are just some of the names who came through the youth ranks and are now shining with the first team at the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica. \u201cIt just shows that the youth system is very good,\u201d said the France international. \u201cTo have such a production of players means a lot of things. When you\u2019re Th\u00e9o\u2019s age, you dream of being a professional one day, but first you have to work very hard and be demanding in your life. All these names worked very hard and, at some point, thanks to talent, they achieved their dream. What the club is doing with the youth system is very good and that\u2019s why there are very young players who are already in the first team,\u201d he added. The former player was impressed (again) with the work of the club at all levels. \u201cVillarreal is for me one of the best clubs in Spain and you can see that from the youngest players,\u201d he argued after his week watching numerous training sessions and matches at the training ground. Pires was able to see that almost three decades later that work continues to bear fruit.","headings":[{"type":"heading","level":2,"text":"The Yellows legend returns to his former home while his son Th\u00e9o is training with Villarreal U16s for a week"}],"buttons":[],"images":[],"counts":{"blocks":10,"headings":1,"texts":8,"buttons":0,"images":0}},"sections":[{"id":"section-1","title":"The Yellows legend returns to his former home while his son Th\u00e9o is training with Villarreal U16s for a week","text":"The Yellows legend returns to his former home while his son Th\u00e9o is training with Villarreal U16s for a week Robert Pires has returned to Vila-real. The Submarino Amarillo legend, who played at the old El Madrigal from 2006 to 2010, was at the Jos\u00e9 Manuel Llaneza Training Ground last week for his son\u2019s training sessions with the Yellow\u2019s U16s (Cadete A) team. Pires\u2019 family is based in Ibiza, where his son Th\u00e9o plays for Pe\u00f1a Deportiva. The young Pires spent a week at Miralcamp training with the academy players under the club\u2019s methodology. \u201cHe is having a great time, but the most important thing for him is the opportunity to be here with the U16s, where there is a lot of level and speed in the game. The level in Ibiza is different. He is learning things. It\u2019s very hard because the level is higher, but he has to learn and enjoy himself,\u201d commented the French star during his stay in La Plana Baixa. Th\u00e9o, born in Valencia during his father\u2019s time with the Submarine, had to adapt from day one to a different training model to that of the Ibizan team and said: \u201cIt is a challenge because the level in Ibiza is lower. The pace is higher and the ball is always moving.\u201d The intensity in the sessions, as well spending a lot of time on the ball, is one of the main features of the Yellows Academy. \u201cIt is one of the best in Spain. Everyone knows that the youth academy is very important here. A lot of kids start at 12 or 13 and he trains with 15-year-olds. You can see that they have learned to play fast and to move. There\u2019s a bit more intensity than I expected, the first day after training he was exhausted because he\u2019s not used to it, but he\u2019s learning. It\u2019s a very good experience because he\u2019s already seeing the level he has to reach if he wants to be a professional one day,\u201d confessed the ex-footballer, who fell in love with this model after arriving from Arsenal. \u201cI think football in Spain is different from other countries. It\u2019s like \u2018get the ball, pass it and move\u2019 instead of dribbling so much and the methodology is different. In Ibiza it\u2019s like there\u2019s more time and less pressure to decide,\u201d added young Th\u00e9o, who doesn\u2019t remember seeing his father in yellow live due to his young age: \u201cI don\u2019t remember seeing my father play here because I was about two or three years old. I was very young, but I\u2019ve seen the highlights on YouTube.\u201d The best academy in Spain As Pires points out, \u201cThe evolution of the club is very great. It has been doing well for years. In my time, there was already the same president, Fernando Roig. For the people, the most important thing is the first team, as is normal, but for the president it is also very important to have a good youth academy. Today he has it. We are seeing it with the U16s, which has a lot of quality. But it\u2019s not just that, the B team is in the second division and the women\u2019s team is in the first tier too.\u201d Pau Torres, \u00c1lex Baena, Samu Chukwueze, Yeremy Pino and Filip Jorgensen are just some of the names who came through the youth ranks and are now shining with the first team at the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica. \u201cIt just shows that the youth system is very good,\u201d said the France international. \u201cTo have such a production of players means a lot of things. When you\u2019re Th\u00e9o\u2019s age, you dream of being a professional one day, but first you have to work very hard and be demanding in your life. All these names worked very hard and, at some point, thanks to talent, they achieved their dream. What the club is doing with the youth system is very good and that\u2019s why there are very young players who are already in the first team,\u201d he added. The former player was impressed (again) with the work of the club at all levels. \u201cVillarreal is for me one of the best clubs in Spain and you can see that from the youngest players,\u201d he argued after his week watching numerous training sessions and matches at the training ground. Pires was able to see that almost three decades later that work continues to bear fruit.","headings":[{"type":"heading","level":2,"text":"The Yellows legend returns to his former home while his son Th\u00e9o is training with Villarreal U16s for a week"}],"texts":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Robert Pires has returned to Vila-real. The Submarino Amarillo legend, who played at the old El Madrigal from 2006 to 2010, was at the Jos\u00e9 Manuel Llaneza Training Ground last week for his son\u2019s training sessions with the Yellow\u2019s U16s (Cadete A) team. Pires\u2019 family is based in Ibiza, where his son Th\u00e9o plays for Pe\u00f1a Deportiva. The young Pires spent a week at Miralcamp training with the academy players under the club\u2019s methodology."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"\u201cHe is having a great time, but the most important thing for him is the opportunity to be here with the U16s, where there is a lot of level and speed in the game. The level in Ibiza is different. He is learning things. It\u2019s very hard because the level is higher, but he has to learn and enjoy himself,\u201d commented the French star during his stay in La Plana Baixa. Th\u00e9o, born in Valencia during his father\u2019s time with the Submarine, had to adapt from day one to a different training model to that of the Ibizan team and said: \u201cIt is a challenge because the level in Ibiza is lower. The pace is higher and the ball is always moving.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The intensity in the sessions, as well spending a lot of time on the ball, is one of the main features of the Yellows Academy. \u201cIt is one of the best in Spain. Everyone knows that the youth academy is very important here. A lot of kids start at 12 or 13 and he trains with 15-year-olds. You can see that they have learned to play fast and to move. There\u2019s a bit more intensity than I expected, the first day after training he was exhausted because he\u2019s not used to it, but he\u2019s learning. It\u2019s a very good experience because he\u2019s already seeing the level he has to reach if he wants to be a professional one day,\u201d confessed the ex-footballer, who fell in love with this model after arriving from Arsenal."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"\u201cI think football in Spain is different from other countries. It\u2019s like \u2018get the ball, pass it and move\u2019 instead of dribbling so much and the methodology is different. In Ibiza it\u2019s like there\u2019s more time and less pressure to decide,\u201d added young Th\u00e9o, who doesn\u2019t remember seeing his father in yellow live due to his young age: \u201cI don\u2019t remember seeing my father play here because I was about two or three years old. I was very young, but I\u2019ve seen the highlights on YouTube.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The best academy in Spain"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"As Pires points out, \u201cThe evolution of the club is very great. It has been doing well for years. In my time, there was already the same president, Fernando Roig. For the people, the most important thing is the first team, as is normal, but for the president it is also very important to have a good youth academy. Today he has it. We are seeing it with the U16s, which has a lot of quality. But it\u2019s not just that, the B team is in the second division and the women\u2019s team is in the first tier too.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Pau Torres, \u00c1lex Baena, Samu Chukwueze, Yeremy Pino and Filip Jorgensen are just some of the names who came through the youth ranks and are now shining with the first team at the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica. \u201cIt just shows that the youth system is very good,\u201d said the France international. \u201cTo have such a production of players means a lot of things. When you\u2019re Th\u00e9o\u2019s age, you dream of being a professional one day, but first you have to work very hard and be demanding in your life. All these names worked very hard and, at some point, thanks to talent, they achieved their dream. What the club is doing with the youth system is very good and that\u2019s why there are very young players who are already in the first team,\u201d he added."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The former player was impressed (again) with the work of the club at all levels. \u201cVillarreal is for me one of the best clubs in Spain and you can see that from the youngest players,\u201d he argued after his week watching numerous training sessions and matches at the training ground. Pires was able to see that almost three decades later that work continues to bear fruit."}],"buttons":[],"images":[],"widgets":[],"blocks":[{"type":"heading","level":2,"text":"The Yellows legend returns to his former home while his son Th\u00e9o is training with Villarreal U16s for a week"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Robert Pires has returned to Vila-real. The Submarino Amarillo legend, who played at the old El Madrigal from 2006 to 2010, was at the Jos\u00e9 Manuel Llaneza Training Ground last week for his son\u2019s training sessions with the Yellow\u2019s U16s (Cadete A) team. Pires\u2019 family is based in Ibiza, where his son Th\u00e9o plays for Pe\u00f1a Deportiva. The young Pires spent a week at Miralcamp training with the academy players under the club\u2019s methodology."},{"type":"video","kind":"iframe","url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/08mfqU7kfvs?feature=oembed","poster":""},{"type":"paragraph","text":"\u201cHe is having a great time, but the most important thing for him is the opportunity to be here with the U16s, where there is a lot of level and speed in the game. The level in Ibiza is different. He is learning things. It\u2019s very hard because the level is higher, but he has to learn and enjoy himself,\u201d commented the French star during his stay in La Plana Baixa. Th\u00e9o, born in Valencia during his father\u2019s time with the Submarine, had to adapt from day one to a different training model to that of the Ibizan team and said: \u201cIt is a challenge because the level in Ibiza is lower. The pace is higher and the ball is always moving.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The intensity in the sessions, as well spending a lot of time on the ball, is one of the main features of the Yellows Academy. \u201cIt is one of the best in Spain. Everyone knows that the youth academy is very important here. A lot of kids start at 12 or 13 and he trains with 15-year-olds. You can see that they have learned to play fast and to move. There\u2019s a bit more intensity than I expected, the first day after training he was exhausted because he\u2019s not used to it, but he\u2019s learning. It\u2019s a very good experience because he\u2019s already seeing the level he has to reach if he wants to be a professional one day,\u201d confessed the ex-footballer, who fell in love with this model after arriving from Arsenal."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"\u201cI think football in Spain is different from other countries. It\u2019s like \u2018get the ball, pass it and move\u2019 instead of dribbling so much and the methodology is different. In Ibiza it\u2019s like there\u2019s more time and less pressure to decide,\u201d added young Th\u00e9o, who doesn\u2019t remember seeing his father in yellow live due to his young age: \u201cI don\u2019t remember seeing my father play here because I was about two or three years old. I was very young, but I\u2019ve seen the highlights on YouTube.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The best academy in Spain"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"As Pires points out, \u201cThe evolution of the club is very great. It has been doing well for years. In my time, there was already the same president, Fernando Roig. For the people, the most important thing is the first team, as is normal, but for the president it is also very important to have a good youth academy. Today he has it. We are seeing it with the U16s, which has a lot of quality. But it\u2019s not just that, the B team is in the second division and the women\u2019s team is in the first tier too.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Pau Torres, \u00c1lex Baena, Samu Chukwueze, Yeremy Pino and Filip Jorgensen are just some of the names who came through the youth ranks and are now shining with the first team at the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica. \u201cIt just shows that the youth system is very good,\u201d said the France international. \u201cTo have such a production of players means a lot of things. When you\u2019re Th\u00e9o\u2019s age, you dream of being a professional one day, but first you have to work very hard and be demanding in your life. All these names worked very hard and, at some point, thanks to talent, they achieved their dream. What the club is doing with the youth system is very good and that\u2019s why there are very young players who are already in the first team,\u201d he added."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The former player was impressed (again) with the work of the club at all levels. \u201cVillarreal is for me one of the best clubs in Spain and you can see that from the youngest players,\u201d he argued after his week watching numerous training sessions and matches at the training ground. Pires was able to see that almost three decades later that work continues to bear fruit."}]}],"hero":{"id":"section-1","title":"The Yellows legend returns to his former home while his son Th\u00e9o is training with Villarreal U16s for a week","text":"The Yellows legend returns to his former home while his son Th\u00e9o is training with Villarreal U16s for a week Robert Pires has returned to Vila-real. The Submarino Amarillo legend, who played at the old El Madrigal from 2006 to 2010, was at the Jos\u00e9 Manuel Llaneza Training Ground last week for his son\u2019s training sessions with the Yellow\u2019s U16s (Cadete A) team. Pires\u2019 family is based in Ibiza, where his son Th\u00e9o plays for Pe\u00f1a Deportiva. The young Pires spent a week at Miralcamp training with the academy players under the club\u2019s methodology. \u201cHe is having a great time, but the most important thing for him is the opportunity to be here with the U16s, where there is a lot of level and speed in the game. The level in Ibiza is different. He is learning things. It\u2019s very hard because the level is higher, but he has to learn and enjoy himself,\u201d commented the French star during his stay in La Plana Baixa. Th\u00e9o, born in Valencia during his father\u2019s time with the Submarine, had to adapt from day one to a different training model to that of the Ibizan team and said: \u201cIt is a challenge because the level in Ibiza is lower. The pace is higher and the ball is always moving.\u201d The intensity in the sessions, as well spending a lot of time on the ball, is one of the main features of the Yellows Academy. \u201cIt is one of the best in Spain. Everyone knows that the youth academy is very important here. A lot of kids start at 12 or 13 and he trains with 15-year-olds. You can see that they have learned to play fast and to move. There\u2019s a bit more intensity than I expected, the first day after training he was exhausted because he\u2019s not used to it, but he\u2019s learning. It\u2019s a very good experience because he\u2019s already seeing the level he has to reach if he wants to be a professional one day,\u201d confessed the ex-footballer, who fell in love with this model after arriving from Arsenal. \u201cI think football in Spain is different from other countries. It\u2019s like \u2018get the ball, pass it and move\u2019 instead of dribbling so much and the methodology is different. In Ibiza it\u2019s like there\u2019s more time and less pressure to decide,\u201d added young Th\u00e9o, who doesn\u2019t remember seeing his father in yellow live due to his young age: \u201cI don\u2019t remember seeing my father play here because I was about two or three years old. I was very young, but I\u2019ve seen the highlights on YouTube.\u201d The best academy in Spain As Pires points out, \u201cThe evolution of the club is very great. It has been doing well for years. In my time, there was already the same president, Fernando Roig. For the people, the most important thing is the first team, as is normal, but for the president it is also very important to have a good youth academy. Today he has it. We are seeing it with the U16s, which has a lot of quality. But it\u2019s not just that, the B team is in the second division and the women\u2019s team is in the first tier too.\u201d Pau Torres, \u00c1lex Baena, Samu Chukwueze, Yeremy Pino and Filip Jorgensen are just some of the names who came through the youth ranks and are now shining with the first team at the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica. \u201cIt just shows that the youth system is very good,\u201d said the France international. \u201cTo have such a production of players means a lot of things. When you\u2019re Th\u00e9o\u2019s age, you dream of being a professional one day, but first you have to work very hard and be demanding in your life. All these names worked very hard and, at some point, thanks to talent, they achieved their dream. What the club is doing with the youth system is very good and that\u2019s why there are very young players who are already in the first team,\u201d he added. The former player was impressed (again) with the work of the club at all levels. \u201cVillarreal is for me one of the best clubs in Spain and you can see that from the youngest players,\u201d he argued after his week watching numerous training sessions and matches at the training ground. Pires was able to see that almost three decades later that work continues to bear fruit.","headings":[{"type":"heading","level":2,"text":"The Yellows legend returns to his former home while his son Th\u00e9o is training with Villarreal U16s for a week"}],"texts":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Robert Pires has returned to Vila-real. The Submarino Amarillo legend, who played at the old El Madrigal from 2006 to 2010, was at the Jos\u00e9 Manuel Llaneza Training Ground last week for his son\u2019s training sessions with the Yellow\u2019s U16s (Cadete A) team. Pires\u2019 family is based in Ibiza, where his son Th\u00e9o plays for Pe\u00f1a Deportiva. The young Pires spent a week at Miralcamp training with the academy players under the club\u2019s methodology."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"\u201cHe is having a great time, but the most important thing for him is the opportunity to be here with the U16s, where there is a lot of level and speed in the game. The level in Ibiza is different. He is learning things. It\u2019s very hard because the level is higher, but he has to learn and enjoy himself,\u201d commented the French star during his stay in La Plana Baixa. Th\u00e9o, born in Valencia during his father\u2019s time with the Submarine, had to adapt from day one to a different training model to that of the Ibizan team and said: \u201cIt is a challenge because the level in Ibiza is lower. The pace is higher and the ball is always moving.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The intensity in the sessions, as well spending a lot of time on the ball, is one of the main features of the Yellows Academy. \u201cIt is one of the best in Spain. Everyone knows that the youth academy is very important here. A lot of kids start at 12 or 13 and he trains with 15-year-olds. You can see that they have learned to play fast and to move. There\u2019s a bit more intensity than I expected, the first day after training he was exhausted because he\u2019s not used to it, but he\u2019s learning. It\u2019s a very good experience because he\u2019s already seeing the level he has to reach if he wants to be a professional one day,\u201d confessed the ex-footballer, who fell in love with this model after arriving from Arsenal."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"\u201cI think football in Spain is different from other countries. It\u2019s like \u2018get the ball, pass it and move\u2019 instead of dribbling so much and the methodology is different. In Ibiza it\u2019s like there\u2019s more time and less pressure to decide,\u201d added young Th\u00e9o, who doesn\u2019t remember seeing his father in yellow live due to his young age: \u201cI don\u2019t remember seeing my father play here because I was about two or three years old. I was very young, but I\u2019ve seen the highlights on YouTube.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The best academy in Spain"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"As Pires points out, \u201cThe evolution of the club is very great. It has been doing well for years. In my time, there was already the same president, Fernando Roig. For the people, the most important thing is the first team, as is normal, but for the president it is also very important to have a good youth academy. Today he has it. We are seeing it with the U16s, which has a lot of quality. But it\u2019s not just that, the B team is in the second division and the women\u2019s team is in the first tier too.\u201d"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Pau Torres, \u00c1lex Baena, Samu Chukwueze, Yeremy Pino and Filip Jorgensen are just some of the names who came through the youth ranks and are now shining with the first team at the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica. \u201cIt just shows that the youth system is very good,\u201d said the France international. \u201cTo have such a production of players means a lot of things. When you\u2019re Th\u00e9o\u2019s age, you dream of being a professional one day, but first you have to work very hard and be demanding in your life. All these names worked very hard and, at some point, thanks to talent, they achieved their dream. What the club is doing with the youth system is very good and that\u2019s why there are very young players who are already in the first team,\u201d he added."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The former player was impressed (again) with the work of the club at all levels. \u201cVillarreal is for me one of the best clubs in Spain and you can see that from the youngest players,\u201d he argued after his week watching numerous training sessions and matches at the training ground. Pires was able to see that almost three decades later that work continues to bear fruit."}],"buttons":[],"images":[],"widgets":[],"blocks":[{"type":"heading","level":2,"text":"The Yellows legend returns to his former home while his son Th\u00e9o is training with Villarreal U16s for a week"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Robert Pires has returned to Vila-real. The Submarino Amarillo legend, who played at the old El Madrigal from 2006 to 2010, was at the Jos\u00e9 Manuel Llaneza Training Ground last week for his son\u2019s training sessions with the Yellow\u2019s U16s (Cadete A) team. Pires\u2019 family is based in Ibiza, where his son Th\u00e9o plays for Pe\u00f1a Deportiva. The young Pires spent a week at Miralcamp training with the academy players under the club\u2019s methodology."},{"type":"video","kind":"iframe","url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/08mfqU7kfvs?feature=oembed","poster":""},{"type":"paragraph","text":"\u201cHe is having a great time, but the most important thing for him is the opportunity to be here with the U16s, where there is a lot of level and speed in the game. The level in Ibiza is different. He is learning things. It\u2019s very hard because the level is higher, but he has to learn and enjoy himself,\u201d commented the French star during his stay in La Plana Baixa. 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The Submarino Amarillo legend, who played at the old El Madrigal from 2006 to 2010, was at the Jos\u00e9 Manuel Llaneza Training Ground last week for his son\u2019s training sessions with the Yellow\u2019s U16s (Cadete A) team. Pires\u2019 family is based in Ibiza, where his son Th\u00e9o plays for Pe\u00f1a Deportiva. The young Pires spent a week at Miralcamp training with the academy players under the club\u2019s methodology. \u201cHe is having a great time, but the most important thing for him is the opportunity to be here with the U16s, where there is a lot of level and speed in the game. The level in Ibiza is different. He is learning things. It\u2019s very hard because the level is higher, but he has to learn and enjoy himself,\u201d commented the French star during his stay in La Plana Baixa. Th\u00e9o, born in Valencia during his father\u2019s time with the Submarine, had to adapt from day one to a different training model to that of the Ibizan team and said: \u201cIt is a challenge because the level in Ibiza is lower. The pace is higher and the ball is always moving.\u201d The intensity in the sessions, as well spending a lot of time on the ball, is one of the main features of the Yellows Academy. \u201cIt is one of the best in Spain. Everyone knows that the youth academy is very important here. A lot of kids start at 12 or 13 and he trains with 15-year-olds. You can see that they have learned to play fast and to move. There\u2019s a bit more intensity than I expected, the first day after training he was exhausted because he\u2019s not used to it, but he\u2019s learning. It\u2019s a very good experience because he\u2019s already seeing the level he has to reach if he wants to be a professional one day,\u201d confessed the ex-footballer, who fell in love with this model after arriving from Arsenal. \u201cI think football in Spain is different from other countries. It\u2019s like \u2018get the ball, pass it and move\u2019 instead of dribbling so much and the methodology is different. In Ibiza it\u2019s like there\u2019s more time and less pressure to decide,\u201d added young Th\u00e9o, who doesn\u2019t remember seeing his father in yellow live due to his young age: \u201cI don\u2019t remember seeing my father play here because I was about two or three years old. I was very young, but I\u2019ve seen the highlights on YouTube.\u201d The best academy in Spain As Pires points out, \u201cThe evolution of the club is very great. It has been doing well for years. In my time, there was already the same president, Fernando Roig. For the people, the most important thing is the first team, as is normal, but for the president it is also very important to have a good youth academy. Today he has it. We are seeing it with the U16s, which has a lot of quality. But it\u2019s not just that, the B team is in the second division and the women\u2019s team is in the first tier too.\u201d Pau Torres, \u00c1lex Baena, Samu Chukwueze, Yeremy Pino and Filip Jorgensen are just some of the names who came through the youth ranks and are now shining with the first team at the Estadio de la Cer\u00e1mica. \u201cIt just shows that the youth system is very good,\u201d said the France international. \u201cTo have such a production of players means a lot of things. When you\u2019re Th\u00e9o\u2019s age, you dream of being a professional one day, but first you have to work very hard and be demanding in your life. All these names worked very hard and, at some point, thanks to talent, they achieved their dream. What the club is doing with the youth system is very good and that\u2019s why there are very young players who are already in the first team,\u201d he added. The former player was impressed (again) with the work of the club at all levels. \u201cVillarreal is for me one of the best clubs in Spain and you can see that from the youngest players,\u201d he argued after his week watching numerous training sessions and matches at the training ground. 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