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The ‘Moneyball Method’ has helped certain clubs punch above their financial weight thanks to shrewd transfer business. In her weekly column, Alexandra Hunt creates a ‘Moneyball XI’, finding undervalued players with overlooked statistics.
In Belgium, Standard Liege are not really firing in attack – Brandon Liss looks at Ivan Lecko’s gameplan and suggests how they can improve.
ICYMI yesterday, it was Women’s Football Wednesday where we highlighted our recent analysis and scouting in the women’s game. Sam Kerr is the latest player to suffer an ACL injury, ruling her out for the rest of the season – and David Astill looked at potential ways Emma Hayes could replace the Australian star.
Jamie Steenberg identified an interesting 17 y/o talent playing for Melbourne City – he scouted Daniela Galic.
From the archives, Fintan O’Reilly suggests;
Klara Bühl has been named Germany’s 2023 Player of the Year — we analysed how the FC Bayern forward has become one of the best in Europe.
Malick Fofana has joined Lyon from Gent. Check out our analysis of how the 18 y/o became a key player for the Belgian side under Hein Vanhaezebrouck this season.
In-form Curtis Jones made his fourth goal contribution of the last month to help Liverpool defeat Fulham in their League Cup semi-final first-leg clash at Anfield last night — a perfect time to revisit our 2021 scout report highlighting why the then-19 y/o was one of England’s most highly-rated teenagers at the time.
Teun Koopmeiners scored twice to help Atalanta defeat AC Milan in their Coppa Italia quarter-final clash. Our March 2021 scout report explained why we felt the Dutchman had the potential to be one of Europe’s leading midfielders.
And that’s it for today – we’ll be back tomorrow with more pieces old and new about everything analysis in the football world.
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