Nice Premium: What are your annual budgets and what percentage of public subsidies do you receive?
Gilbert Stellardo: The club’s annual budget is 36 million euros, of which 2.5 million comes from public authorities (which is 7%).
NP: What is your scope of activity and the most important areas of your action?
GS: The company manages the professional team (and all related activities: merchandising, stadium, advertising, etc.) and the training center. The association manages the pre-training.
NP: What is the number of registered players by category?
GS: We have 30 professional players, 60 “junior” players in training (30 players in pre-training).
NP: Do you have a structured training program for young people and what percentage of your budget is allocated to it?
GS: Yes, we have a budget of 2 million euros for young people. The training program accounts for 5.5% of our budget, which is 2 million euros.
NP: What is the ratio between the number of first-team players and those who come from the club’s training?
GS: 10% of the first-team players come from the training.
NP: What objectives have you not achieved that have left you with the most regrets?
GS: In 2009, we would have liked better integration between the teams in charge of pre-training and those in charge of the training center.
NP: What are the priority objectives for the year 2010?
GS: For 2010, our priority is quality local recruitment.
