Tottenham hold talks with betting experts in bid to overhaul transfer policy

[mawspurs]

Daniel Levy has held discussions with betting experts over developing a data model for Tottenham Hotspur that the club hope could revolutionise their recruitment.

Source: Telegraph

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

Does this just mean we are bringing Toney in for some role in the team?

 

[Tucker]

Does this just mean we are bringing Toney in for some role in the team?

Damn it. I was gonna say that.

 

[ultimateloner]

It's cool. I like it.

 

[Smokinhotspur]

Does this just mean we are bringing Toney in for some role in the team?

Player scout. Revolutionary!

 

[alamo]

He just watched Moneyball didn't he.

 

[JacoZA]

"One of the departments that is likely to undergo significant change and investment is data and analytics, which is an area in which Levy has previously been reluctant to invest having questioned its value.

But Levy’s opinion appears to have been changed by the success of clubs such as Brighton and Brentford, and Tottenham’s discussions with betting experts are thought to have centred around using a model to analyse and assess overperforming players in smaller leagues."

These two bits stand out for me.

Firstly, how do you get to 2023 and only now realise its worth seriously investing in data and analytics?

And secondly, and this might just be the choice of words of the writer, but "overperforming players" makes it sound like the idea is for the model to help us avoid getting players in who then fail to perform in the Premier League. Which is fair. But, surely, it should also be used to find players who would represent value but are perhaps still under the radar? Or am I reading it wrong? (It is entirely possible!)

 

[Gassin's finest]

I smell a corporate partnership in the air.