Leeds United Signs Aspire Academy Partnership

Championship side Leeds United has joined forces with the Aspire Academy in a bid to provide long-term benefits to the club’s on the field performance.

The partnership will see Aspire provide support and insight in fields such as academy and youth development, performance analysis and sport science.

The Aspire Academy is headed up by Leeds United board member Ivan Bravo, who said: “Both Aspire and Leeds United share ambitious goals for becoming a reference of excellence in football. It is truly motivating to see that by joining efforts both organizations can accelerate their growth on the field, including in the development of elite youth players with potential to represent club and national teams at the highest levels”

The Aspire Academy, founded in 2004, is a Qatari based sports organisation, with ties to some of the biggest clubs in Europe, including Bayern Munich (below). 

Leeds United managing director Angus Kinnear added: “This is an exciting partnership for Leeds United, you only have to look at the quality of the program and facility in Qatar to realise that having access to the Aspire Academy is going to be beneficial to our long-term vision for the club.

“We also now join a network of clubs which can only help us to develop and grow.”

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