Italian football giants Inter Milan to send delegates to international coaching conference on Coast

A WORLD football giant will send senior figures to the Gold Coast in May as part of an international coaching conference that will also feature Socceroos boss Graham Arnold.

WORLD football giants Inter Milan will send senior figures to the Gold Coast in May as part of the International Football Coaching Conference Australia.

With a host of local and international coaching, development and technical specialists already locked in for the May 25-26 conference at RACV Royal Pines Resort, 18-time Serie A champions Inter are the latest to confirm their attendance.

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The conference will focus on delivering cutting-edge insight, research and approaches used by the world’s leading clubs and associations, with Inter Academy technical director Marco Monti and academy coach Benjamin Musci to give delegates an insight into the methodology used in their renowned youth program.

Inter Milan's Roberto Gagliardini. Picture: Miguel Medina/AFP

The pair will be joined at the event by Socceroos coach Graham Arnold, who will host a Q&A session for delegates, and former national teammate Craig Foster, while Porto’s Vitor Matos and former England manager Hope Powell will also take part.

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“The standards of our training methodology are very high,” Monti said.

“The experience we have in youth football and the successes we have achieved were the reason why we decided to share all around the world what we do at our academy in Milan.

AL AIN, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JANUARY 25: Graham Arnold of Australia gives his team instructions during the AFC Asian Cup quarter final match between United Arab Emirates and Australia at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium on January 25, 2019 in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)

“What motivates us to export our methodology is the desire that every child can have the opportunity to grow and train with our high technical and ethical standards, where mistakes are considered the first step in improving.”

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Monti boasts extensive experience on and off the field, having played for Serie A clubs Lazio and Atalanta before taking up his decade-long post as head coach of Inter’s youth sector teams.

Musci will join Monti at the conference to demonstrate Inter’s youth philosophies and how delegates can draw on the club’s methodology to refine their own coaching approaches.