"Football is conquering the world at an unstoppable speed and at the moment there is a dysfunction between the audience and practice in some countries." - Arsene Wenger.

The man who's role it is to minimize that gap is today's guest; Matthew Clement who is also the FIFA Training Centre Manager. From the conceptualisation of a new football language to overseeing the development of FIFA's new competency framework it has been an eventful time in charge for Matthew. A combination of the most ardent fan's passion and the curiosity and drive of a top coach, Matthew strikes me as the perfect fit to "oversee the strategic development of technology and content for FIFA's global education".

Reminiscing about the last male and female World Cup's in the last year, modern trends with respect to playing styles, unique age profiles and how youth development is being challenged to evolve, it is clearly an exciting time to be playing a part in the development of the World's game.

Listen to find out more including;

- Moving from the path of specialist to the generalist and why it proved to be the fitting apprenticeship?

- Taking the call from Arsene Wenger to join FIFA.

- What a healthy relationship looks like between technology and coaching?

- Where Arsene Wenger thinks the future of football is going to develop?

- Understanding how coaches can make better decisions and FIFA's plans to enhance the psychological development of coaches.

- Excitement internally over the impending Club World Cup and a potential matchup between Diniz' Fluminense and Guardiola's Man City.

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