The Gunners got in early to land William Saliba for £25m – Chelsea later signed his teammate Wesley Fofana for £70m
Former Saint-Étienne teammates William Saliba and Wesley Fofana will be facing each other when Arsenal visit Chelsea on Sunday.Former Saint-Étienne teammates William Saliba and Wesley Fofana will be facing each other when Arsenal visit Chelsea on Sunday.The Gunners got in early to land William Saliba for £25m – Chelsea later signed his teammate Wesley Fofana for £70mfirst became serious about William Saliba.
That moment is football’s equivalent of discovering the holy grail. A scout’s lot is to hope perpetually amid endless disappointing midwinter trips watching young teenagers at nondescript training grounds. But the ones that stand out make the job worthwhile. Cagigao was also the first Arsenal representative to lay eyes on Cesc Fàbregas, a moment a scout lives for.
Herein lies the weakness of a youth recruitment model largely reliant on data: for the youngest players, there often isn’t anything meaningful to analyse. “With young players you have to wait a certain amount of games before you can say something reliable with the data,” says Ian Graham, who was Liverpool’s head of research, helped to build their 2020 title-winning team and runs the consultancy Ludonautics.
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