Informal networks in football
Multi-club ownership groups enjoy a number of advantages over single club structures. Some examples include: Recruiting high potential players earlier in their careers rather tha
Lessons from the Red Bull group
In this article Olivier Wicki examines the Red Bull Network and looks at what lessons can be applied to other groups of clubs. Learning the lessons from the Red Bull Football Netwo
How much does it cost to join the elite?
A quote I’ve recently taken to repeating at every opportunity is from legendary college football coach Bear Bryant: “Have a plan, follow the plan, you’ll be surprised at how
Design, Align, Build, Instil
All long-term team performance graphs are produced on FootStats Summary: Design – What do you want your club to look like in 5 years time? Align – get the people and pr
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
What can football learn from the dot com bubble?
The late 1990’s was a very interesting time in the stock market. The internet started to reach the public. Investors knew it was going to be a big deal. The dot com era was h
