Football Architects: How the sport’s data pioneers convinced the world to take notice

“… Ian Graham had been hired to assist Spurs’ recruitment team, but his first meeting with Michael Edwards, his boss at Tottenham Hotspur, and future sporting director at Liverpool, was not going well. … Working under Edwards and Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool, Graham’s work helped turn the club into Premier League and European champions, transforming the squad in the process. But his first experience was typical of many of the first data pioneers of English football. They have now, however, broken through — their work becoming mainstream across recruitment, training methodology, and even the sport’s dialect. …”
NY Times/Athletic