Les hilsen fra Ian Rush, ambassadør for LFC International Football Academy:

“On behalf of everybody at Liverpool Football Club I'd like to thank you for your interest in our exciting new project and look forward to working with you as we look to take our great club around the world.

Our aim is to do something different to other Soccer Schools because I believe Liverpool Football Club is something different and something special.

It is the biggest brand in football in my opinion, and I am excited by the prospect of helping to spread the 'Liverpool Way' across the globe by training children in the same style as we have to great success at our Academy.

The aim of my role within the Soccer Schools  is to bring Liverpool Football Club to the younger generation and show them what a truly special football club this is.

The participants are perhaps not going to play for LFC unless they're special - and who knows, there might be one or two who make the grade - but our primary objective is making sure the kids have fun, keep fit and when you see the smiles on their faces, you know you're doing a good job.

Among the most important aspects of what we do is aiming to teach skills that will benefit the children well into adulthood and their working lives.

People may say I'm biased, but I think Liverpool Football Club is the best club in the world. We're one big family club and we've got to give these kids the best facilities and the best coaching that we've got - and that's what we're aiming to do with our Soccer Schools”.