BBM and Lee Riley

BBM:



I believe that we have some of the best young talent anywhere in the country. To bring that to maximum potential, you have to have some of the best coaches. I had to have an open mind at Manchester City that I would work with some of the best coaches and staff in the world.

Lee will be embarrassed when I say this, but I’ve never met a coach that was more adept at developing talent or having a tactical awareness of what was needed in league games. Essentially that will allow us to be a winning team.

When there is such a focus on developing young talent, it’s important not to distract away from the fact that we want to get promoted and win the league. There’s no getting away from that.

And Lee has all the qualities that I believe will be instrumental in allowing that to come to fruition.

A big battle is having a number one and number two who both sing off the same hymn sheet.

I don’t think we’ve had that for a few seasons now.

I’m excited to see what they can get out of our youngsters.

Sunderland have managed it, no reason we can’t too.