S7 Ep.36: Football - Bart Huby & Jacques Foex: How to run a successful football club?

About this episode

The episode explores how data and analytics can transform football clubs into viable investment opportunities.

Most football clubs lose money, yet American investors continue to pour capital into the game. What are they seeing that others are missing? And can data and analytics help turn football clubs from passion projects into viable investment opportunities? In this episode, we’re joined by LCP’s football analytics experts Bart Huby and Jacques Foex to explore how football is becoming increasingly data-driven. We discuss what the analytics tools aim to do, and how can analytics be combined successfully with a recruitment and commercial strategy to help successfully run a football club.

People in this episode

Host: Lane Clark & Peacock

Guests: Bart Huby, Jacques Foex

Topics covered

• football clubs
• data analytics
• investment opportunities
• recruitment strategy
• commercial strategy

Keywords

• football
• analytics
• investment
• data-driven
• recruitment
• commercial strategy
• American investors

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: LCP, football clubs, American investors

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