Ajax head scout in Kilcullen this weekend to coach some of Kildare's finest soccer players

Ajax head scout Patrick Ladru will be in Kilcullen this weekend as he runs the rule over some of the finest footballing talent that Kildare has to offer.

Ajax have perhaps the most famous youth academy in the world alongside Barcelona, and Ladru has been instrumental in producing some of the games finest players over the past number of years. He has also acted as an assistant coach to Louis Van Gaal and Johan Cruyff in the past.

Some of the players that Ladru has had a hand in developing include Raphael Van Der Vaart, Wesley Sneijder, Nigel De Jong and Gregory Van Der Wiel. All four players were part of the Netherlands side that played in the 2010 World Cup final.

On Saturday there will be players from all over Leinster congregating in Kilcullen for the seminar. It has been running in different locations around Ireland for the past 12 weeks and caters for children aged 7-14.

The morning session will see the 7-10 year olds go through training drills with the Ajax coach, before they have a Q&A seminar with Ladru. In the afternoon it is the turn of the 11-14 year olds to test their skills in the training drills, before they partake in a seminar with the coach.

Both age groups will then play a game in the evening time as they look to put the skills they have learned into practice.

What are the odds that we could see a young Kildare footballer lighting up the Eredivisie in the coming years?