How young talent is identified in different sports; theguardian.com/sport/2020/aug…

An interesting insight into youth player recruitment & scouting in Brazil nytimes.com/2020/08/09/spo…

Insight into Arsenal recruitment: Looking into fee paid for Pepe & relying less on global network & more on data and agents. espn.co.uk/football/socce…

An insight into Lille's recruitment where renowned talent spotter Luis Campos is Sporting Director. bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

The point in this article highlights why data is excellent for quickly giving a rough evaluation of an unlimited number of players but will never provide a superior analysis of an individual than the experienced human observation. medium.com/@Soccermatics/…

Find out who is on Wolves' transfer committee since their Sporting Director left for New York Red Bulls & has yet to be replaced. expressandstar.com/sport/football…

Excellent podcast with Francis Cagigao who was recently made redundant from being Arsenal's Head of International Scouting after 24 years with club. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4olcIF… ApplePodcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fra…

Huge blow to futsal & grassroots football in England: men’s futsal teams to be scrapped and plans for women’s team ditched in widespread FA cuts theguardian.com/football/2020/…

"Would your club rather save £4,000 on a scout contract, or the significantly higher value of an unsuccessful signing?" 🗣️ Andy Burton, former Senior Recruitment Consultant AFC Bournemouth 🍒 trainingground.guru/articles/andy-…

"If player recruitment is to continue despite the current financial crisis, why would you then disregard the due diligence behind those investments?" Andy Burton trainingground.guru/articles/andy-…

“There are scouts in domestic football who attend games, write reports and are only paid mileage. There are others, at clubs competing in Europe, who are on £400-a-month retainers. They report on players who are signed on seven or eight-figure contracts.” trainingground.guru/articles/andy-…

Futsal helped Max Kilman reach the Premier League so why is the FA slashing funding and scrapping the England team?

Fascinating story! telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/…

Atlanta's Head of Technical Recruitment speaks to Sky Sports x.com/SkySports/stat…

Man Utd's Academy Scout for the Netherlands discusses his process & how he identified young prodigy Hardley for the Red Devils in this article from Training Ground Guru. trainingground.guru/articles/how-m…

Lyon's Football Advisor (Bruno Cheyrou), Bayern Women's Sporting Director & an agent discuss the transfer window in this podcast. Links below. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/721QWU… #Recruitment #Football

Norwich's Head of Emerging Talent discussing data and scouts.