This courtesy visit was made possible thanks to the hard work done by the Mqabba FC Youth Nursery President Mr Gilbert Camilleri which will seal the start of mutual long relationship between Mqabba FC Youth Nursery and the Southampton FC Academy.
During their stay Mr Maye and Mr Naughton will be also monitoring one of their nursery’s players who is currently playing for England in the UEFA European U17 Championship.
Southampton FC runs a highly successful youth academy, with a number of teams from ages nine to 18 years. Recent products of the club’s youth system include the England internationals Adam Lallana, Theo Walcott, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Wayne Bridge, Wales and Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale, and Northern Ireland defender Chris Baird. Other players who have come through the ranks are Nathan Dyer and Andrew Surman.