Barcelona Open Football School in Poland

European champions Barcelona will open a football school to polish young talent in Warsaw this week as Poland gears up to co-host Euro 2012 with Ukraine, a city official said on Monday.

"We've been working on the project for a year now. Barca feel that Poland is a good place to open this kind of school because of its infrastructure and the upcoming Euro 2012," Warsaw city sports advisor Wieslaw Wilczynski told Agence France Presse.

"Thanks to FC Barcelona and their know-how, we will have the best training for our coaches as well as our junior players."

The school, which will operate on a fee basis, will start operating on Thursday at four sports centers across Warsaw.

Barca already run similar schools in six countries across the globe including Peru, Japan and Egypt.

However, the Warsaw facility will be the first of its kind in Europe outside Spain.