Luis Solar to give a talk in London

Luis Solar, Sports Coordinator at Lezama, will be giving a talk on 1 May in London, during the one-day conference which has been organised by the Birkbeck Sport Business Centre on the concept of ‘feet-drain’, a spin off of the term ‘brain-drain’ and which will be useful to illustrate the migration patterns of professional footballers, particularly towards Europe. Luis Solar will be accompanied by Vice-president Joseba Intxaurraga.

Solar’s topic is ‘Athletic Club’s youth academy” and he has been invited because he represents a unique case, an elite club which is comprised of only native players. Besides Solar, the confirmed speakers, among others, are as follows:

o Wladimir Andreff, Professor of Economics, University of Paris
o Paul Darby, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise, University of Ulster
o Jean-Marc Guillou, Founder, JMG Academy
o Raffaele Poli, Researcher for the Center for Sports Studies, University of Neuchatel
o Filippo Maria Ricci, Spanish Correspondent for the Gazetta dello Sport
o Gordon Taylor, Chief Executive of the Professional Football Association.

The Birkbeck Sport Business Centre is the leader in the United Kingdom in education, training and research with regards to the professional sports players’ industry. The Sport Business Centre conducts the very successful ‘MSc, Sport Management and the Business of Football’ course, as well as a series of weekly seminars on the key business and financial aspects in football management as well as in the sports industry.