If that loan bid fails then Stimson may have to turn to the youth-team squad for Tuesday's trip to Port Vale.

BBC: Dickson still in Stimson's sights

"We have got a great blend of youth and experience in our squad and it will be fantastic for these players to mix with some of the greatest Sevens players in the world, " said Rees.

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"It's very similar to my last club, Leyton Orient, where a third of the squad had come through the youth system, " he told BBC WM.

BBC: Smith to bring locals to Walsall

Redknapp plans to be at White Hart Lane on Sunday to address the players before they take on Bolton, with development squad coach, Clive Allen, and youth team manager, Alex Inglethorpe, officially in charge for the match.

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Head coach Wieghorst has also plundered the youth ranks of former club Brondby, while his squad also contains several players who have experience with quality sides around Europe - defender Dennis Lagara (Hertha Berlin), midfielder Bo Storm (Heerenveen) and strikers Marcus Pode (Malmo) and Martin Bernburg (FC Copenhagen).

BBC: Doonhamers face dangerous Danes

Budgets will be significantly reduced next season as Vale prepare for life in League Two, meaning Sinnott will turn to a number of the club's youth players to join up with the first-team squad.

BBC: Harsley yet to decide Vale future

Chief selector Andrew Hilditch said the squad contained an "exciting blend of experience and youth".

BBC: Symonds misses out on Ashes squad

Fittingly for a man who has done just about every job in Burton's team since emerging from the youth side in 1993, Stride is one of four members of Clough's squad who still have regular employment outside football.

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Tony Smith, like Sheens, has assembled a squad almost unrecognisable from the one which competed in the World Cup, pinning his hopes in youth to provide that spark of exuberance and energy.

BBC: Closing the gap?

Tustin Red Cobras head coach Darren Crawford and assistant coach Richard Bowman, whose powerhouse squad went undefeated during the 2011 regular season, told their team to target specific players on the youth football teams from Yorba Linda, Santa Margarita and San Bernardino, said then-assistant coach John Zanelli and three players interviewed by the Register.

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