Category: Recruitment Analysis

Ligue 1

Andres Cubas at Nimes Olympique 2019/20 – scout report

Andrés Cubas has joined Nîmes Olympique for €2.9m, which makes him Les Crocodiles’ most expensive signing of the 2020 summer transfer window…

August 7, 2020

Bundesliga

Hwang Hee-chan to RB Leipzig – recruitment analysis

Chelsea have roped in Timo Werner from RB Leipzig and Die Rotten Bullen needed a replacement for the prolific striker. The beauty…

July 27, 2020

Analysis

Facundo Medina, RC Lens’s new signing – scout report

RC Lens finished 2nd in Ligue 2 and earned promotion to Ligue 1 where they will play next season. As any recently…

July 24, 2020

Bundesliga

How Benjamin Henrichs will fit in at RB Leipzig 2019/20 – scout report

Benjamin Henrichs rose through the ranks at Bayer Leverkusen with much hype as a future star at right-back. The 23-year-old had a…

July 23, 2020

Analysis

Pape Gueye at Marseille 2019/20 – scout report

After originally agreeing to join EPL club Watford on a five-year deal earlier this year following the conclusion of the 2019/20 campaign…

July 23, 2020

Analysis

Manchester City 2020/21 – retrospective recruitment analysis

Manchester City are one of the richest clubs in the world. The club owner Sheikh Mansour has been committed to the projects…

July 20, 2020

Analysis

Amine Gouiri at Nice 2019/20 – scout report

Amine Gouiri has left Olympique Lyon and has joined one of Les Gones’ Ligue 1 rivals, Nice, for the 2020/21 campaign. The…

July 16, 2020

Ligue 1

Stephy Mavididi at Montpellier 2019/20 – scout report

Stephy Mavididi has become Montpellier’s first permanent signing of the 2020 summer transfer window. The Arsenal youth academy product has made the…

July 8, 2020

Analysis

Robson Bambu at Nice 2019/20 – scout report

One of the first significant transfers of Ligue 1’s 2020 summer transfer window will see Patrick Vieira’s Nice side bring Athletico Paranaense…

June 25, 2020

Analysis

Shakhtar Donetsk and the Brazilians – recruitment analysis

It is not an exaggeration to say that Shakhtar Donetsk have successfully gamed football’s multi-billion transfer market: buying low, selling high, while…

June 13, 2020

Analysis

FC Copenhagen – recruitment analysis

To be the most decorated club in Denmark, a lot of things have to be done right. FC Copenhagen (FCK) are leaders…

June 9, 2020

Austrian Bundesliga

LASK Linz – Recruitment analysis

Within the last decade, RB Salzburg were the most dominant team in Austria and also qualified last season for the 2019/20 UEFA…

May 23, 2020

Recruitment Analysis

Will Jadon Sancho be the Big Football Transfer of 2020?

We’re deep in the middle of the winter transfer period where all Premier League teams will be looking to add some quality…

May 22, 2020

Austrian Bundesliga

Austria Vienna – Recruitment analysis

RB Salzburg are clearly the most dominant team in the Austrian Bundesliga with the likes of LASK Linz, Wolfsberger AC and Rapid…

May 16, 2020

Data Analysis

Data Analysis: Recruiting from the second tier – Central Midfielders

This is the second part of a three-part series that I am currently writing looking at recruitment from the second tiers of…

April 6, 2020

Analysis

Three interesting Bundesliga players with expiring contracts

 While the leagues are still suspended indefinitely, the players’ contracts keep running and, as every year, some are gradually coming to an…

March 24, 2020

Recruitment Analysis

Recruitment Analysis 2019/20: Southampton’s winter transfer window

As many of us fans celebrating the festive season, it also marks the start of an extensive football period that sees many…

December 30, 2019

Recruitment Analysis

Recruitment analysis 2019/20: Borussia Mönchengladbach

Heading into the international break, Borussia Mönchengladbach sit top of the Bundesliga following a successful start to the season. Rose’s time in Germany…

October 9, 2019

Recruitment Analysis

Recruitment analysis 2019/20: Lazio

Lazio had a season of highs and lows last year, finishing eighth, ten points behind the fourth Champions League spot which they…

August 22, 2019

Recruitment Analysis

Recruitment Analysis 2019/20: Genoa

Genoa have had a good summer so far. They managed to loan Cristian Romero back to the club, Lasse Schöne has signed…

August 14, 2019