Scouting South America – is it feasible for UK clubs?
Two hundred and forty three (243) players with South American passports have played in the Premier League since 1992. The arrival of Juninho and Asprilla to the North East in
Building analytics into a football club
How do you win a football match? Easy. Score more goals than the opponents. How do you do that? By consistently creating more, and better quality chances than you allow the o
Uncharted territory for English football
Replacing the EU players The implications of the changes made to the football work permit scheme have yet to be fully appreciated. Instead of the potential player pool being determ
Building multi-club networks the scientific way.
Multi-club networks are when two or more clubs work together for mutual benefit. This can be formalised through shared ownership (majority or minority) or informal cooperation. Cit
La Dolce Vita
Investment in European football is of great interest to many groups around the world. But the question of where to invest is difficult to answer. Each country has positives and neg
What does a week at MRKT Insights look like?
What do the people in a football analytics company actually do all day? The truth is no two weeks are exactly the same, and transfer windows are as manic as everyone says. T
Salmon vs Fish
Why do some clubs have a much higher success rate at transfers compared to their competitors? At MRKT Insights we are big believers in the concept of current success being a reflec
Don’t spend money on players, add capacity.
Note for existing Premier League billionaire club owners: Don’t spend money on players…not until you have read this article at least. Imagine you own a Premier League t
Prototyping to avoid the pattern of doom.
Despite a global pandemic, with spectators locked out of stadiums for the foreseeable future, there is still a lot of interest in club football from investors. There are of course
Game Changing Investments – Coaches as surgeons
Accurately assigning credit is incredibly difficult. In football we may look at a team of eleven players who have just won a game by one goal to nil and try to break down what thei
