PARIS: Liverpool's home meeting with Toulouse on Thursday might not be their biggest European game of recent seasons, but the match offers a chance fo...
: Liverpool's home meeting with Toulouse on Thursday might not be their biggest European game of recent seasons, but the match offers a chance for a figure who was once highly influential on Merseyside to return to Anfield.
Long before that he worked as a scout for Arsene Wenger at Arsenal, going on to develop an interest in the influence data analysis could have on performance and recruitment in football. Among the players he brought to Anfield was Jordan Henderson, who overcame early scepticism to spend 12 years as a Liverpool player.
A friend of Billy Beane, whose use of statistical analysis in baseball inspired the 2011 film Moneyball, Comolli has instilled a data-driven approach to recruitment at Toulouse that has been central to their recent success. Comolli was appointed as president and oversaw the implementation of a scouting system that has leaned heavily on data analysis, with impressive results.Last season they consolidated in the top flight and won the French Cup, crushing Nantes 5-1 in the final with two goals from Thijs Dallinga, a little striker unearthed from the Dutch second division.
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