D
Deleted member 45378
Guest
I've often wondered how this works ?
Hopefully somebody on here has been a football scout in the past and can enlighten me.
In the past I know it used to be the case of managers used to ring each other up and they would be given the lowdown on other teams players.
I know buying players now is all stats based but as far as I know the data companies only cover the main leagues.
How would a club know whats going on in the south Korean or Jamaican league...where stats were not readily available. I know most games are available to stream but watching every game would be a huge undertaking
Do clubs like man utd employ people in these countries and if so that must come to a small fortune.
And what about youth players how would Sunderland know that Leyton Orient have a promising 14 year old player in their youth ranks.
Genuine question because some of our foreign buys in the past have been absolutely abysmal
Hopefully somebody on here has been a football scout in the past and can enlighten me.
In the past I know it used to be the case of managers used to ring each other up and they would be given the lowdown on other teams players.
I know buying players now is all stats based but as far as I know the data companies only cover the main leagues.
How would a club know whats going on in the south Korean or Jamaican league...where stats were not readily available. I know most games are available to stream but watching every game would be a huge undertaking
Do clubs like man utd employ people in these countries and if so that must come to a small fortune.
And what about youth players how would Sunderland know that Leyton Orient have a promising 14 year old player in their youth ranks.
Genuine question because some of our foreign buys in the past have been absolutely abysmal