- National Team Staff
This is the idea: clubs with full bar of knowledge of a certain country (outside their own) will have better chances of producing regens of that nationality. I've seen evidence of this in the past, even regarding San Marino (country). Juventus start with an excellent SM coach, thus have full SM knowledge and have quite regularly produced Sammarinese regens in my FM11 save ("regularly" means one every two/three seasons). And these lads tend to be much better than the average Sammarinese out of your academy, especially during the first, dark years.
What can you do to force this process then? Obviously you can hope other clubs sign staff from SM, which can and has happened quite often in my past saves. Plus you can "use" the national team to spread San Marino knowledge across the world.
When you hire staff for the NT they will gradually build some knowledge of the country and eventually reach a full bar (should take 3-4 years) which means their clubs will gain that knowledge as well. So get rid of all your staff and start offering those international jobs! U21 manager, U19 manager, Assistant Manager, GK Coach and a few other Coaches: you have several options as you can see, and high profile staff from high profile clubs would often accept those jobs.
Who should you hire then, and most af all from which teams? Best Serie A clubs? Renowned youth academies like Ajax or Atalanta? Or continental superpowers like Barcelona or Man Utd? Choose what makes more sense to you.
Staff should be young enough to last through the years without retiring too soon, and ideally have long contracts with their clubs. I'd personally look at clubs with quality staff, facilities and recruitment network but poor knowledge of other countries, so San Marino would be their "first choice" when producing a foreign regen. Though I reckon the prospect of a young Sammarinese out of Barça's talent factory would be quite fascinating.
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