With every Premier League club now boasting a sporting director (or equivalent title), Rob Draper looks at the evolving role and how clubs are using it
Including: the problem with cost control measures, John Textor's plan, the rise of the buyback, where scouting fits in the modern recruitment operation and much more
Using data well is not the same as simply using data, and the role of the traditional scout in an evolving transfer process is becoming more specialised