The composition of a professional football club is not simply a collection of players and coaches. Every process of professional club sports is controlled by the most professional experts. Just like coaches and players have their duties on the pitch, managers and directors are mainly responsible for daily operations and transfer marketing. The huge management team behind also plays an important role.

However, as far as these club members are concerned, their influence on the operation of the club is very direct and obvious. But in reality, one position is often overlooked, but they are also important that cannot be ignored and this position is SCOUT!

Perhaps those clubs that are just starting out and have limited funds will not have scouts, but for a mature club, scouts are an integral part. The purpose of scout work is to search for young talents for football on a global scale, and to recruit for all classes of the club.

It can be said that the work of scouts is hidden, but he can provide the most direct help to the construction of the club. Manchester United fans’ “darling” Martial was prompted by scouts’ recommendation. Martial first debuted in Olympique Lyonnais, but later the French giants appeared financial problems and had to sell the club’s talent youth.

At the time, Monaco’s scouts came to Lyonnais’s training base. Everyone thought that they would select Benzia, an Algerian striker who broke Benzema’s scoring record in the youth team. However, after repeated observations by Monaco scouts, they finally recommended the club to introduce Martial at a price of 5 million euros.

In the 2014–2015 season, Monaco’s performance was impressive, and Martial’s performance was commendable, scoring a total of 12 goals in the season. However, when it was in the summer transfer window, Premier League giants Manchester United have paid more than 50 million euros to introduce Martial. If a lot of floating terms are achieved, Martial’s transfer fee is likely to exceed 100 million euros.

At first, many Manchester United fans felt that the price paid was a little too heavy, but with the frequent goals of Martial in the league, everyone felt that the manager of club are really smart. However, the promotion role played by Manchester United scouts can’t be ignored, including the technical characteristics and mental status of the players, even private living habits. This is all beyond the data, but it is all about the future development of players and their ability to integrate into new environment. These are all what good scouts need to examine!

The work of outstanding scouts is not limited to identifying only one or two outstanding players. Sometimes it even affects the lineup balance of the team. Some clubs rely on a powerful scout network to conduct players with low prices and high sales. activity. The Portuguese giants Porto and the Pozzo family owned clubs such as Udinese, Watford and Granada are good examples.

Porto’s scouts are good at finding talented youth in South America. They have unique advantages for players from Brazil, such as Pepe, Deco, and Hulk, relying on the innate advantages of the league environment. In addition, since South American culture has certain similarities, most South American players have no obstacles in integrating into the Porto team. James, Falcao and Martinez are good examples.

To find those talents, Porto has deployed a network of 250 scouts in South America. Whenever the team wants to sign a player, there will be several scouts who will write reports and conduct comparative analysis for senior management. The Portuguese giants have already realized the benefits, the profits of the players sold in the past 12 years have reached 400 million euros.

In addition, the Pozzo family’s shared scouting network is also famous in the world. Players such as Sanchez, Handanovič and Inler are all excellent players in Udinese, and the profits made by the Pozzo family are all in their pocket. According to statistics, Udinese’s annual scout investment is 8 million euros in Serie A and is the second-placed Juventus’ 1.2 million euros.

Though the role of scouts is small, the rewards for the club are huge. In this case, this scout is also divided into two kinds of full-time and part-time scouts, but generally only mature clubs will have more than one full-time scout, most club scouts are part-time.

Part-time scouts can also find some talented youth. Diego Costa was discovered by scouts during the process of street football and has now became one of best strikers in the world. Crystal Palace forward Zaha has a similar experience. When a part-time scout discovers him, Zaha is playing street ball in a park in south London.

Nowadays, with the rapid development of informatization, the work of part-time scouts is not just a matter of sticking to the walks between field or stadiums. The processing of data information is about to become an emerging exploration method. Everton has signed with Sports Interactive to exclusively use and enjoy the full version of the FM Series database in advance, becoming the first professional club to formally incorporate the game into the scout system.

The emergence of BlockChain now also provides a brand-new platform for the sharing of scout networks. The SportX BlockChain system has entered the preheating phase. The main role of scouts on the SPORT X eco-chain platform is to provide new star files and submit career information, data, videos, and potential analysis for established athletes.

Everyone in the eco-chain, whether it is a professional scout, a youth coach, or a fan who voluntarily becomes an analyst, can become a scout, and the scout acts as the “miner” throughout the ecological chain. Through continuous mining of potential future stars, or player commentary activities based on the voting system, and excavation of player performance, etc., users can obtain corresponding platform token rewards.

Does this blockchain platform sound very tempting? The release of the Sport X ecological chain platform is now entering the preheating phase. If you are interested in the project, the SportX team invites you to join our Telegram group and follow our social media accounts. Sometimes, there will be air-drop events.

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