Sounds like a joke? It isn’t actually.
Most of the top clubs currently use an online analysis tool called Prozone Recruiter to scout youth players. And now, the creators of the game, Sports Interactive (SI), will start giving its information to this tool’s database. Information like the player’s bio-data, his contractual situation and video footage, which SI has painstakingly compiled over the past 20 years, will be incorporated into Prozone’s tool – a database that has information on 80,000 players around the world.
Prozone CEO Thomas Schmider said: “Prozone Recruiter has been built to supplement the intuition of scouts and coaches by delivering detailed performance information on over 80,000 players worldwide.”
“The Sports Interactive database is a highly accurate and valuable resource that will further enhance the recruitment services that we provide. The integration of Sports Interactive data further establishes Recruiter as the most comprehensive recruitment and asset management platform available.”
Miles Jacobson, Sports Interactive’s studio director, said: “For years we’ve heard stories of real-life managers and scouts using our data to help with the recruitment process. From now on, it’s official. Real managers around the world will be finding and comparing players using data and a search system that will be very familiar to players of Football Manager.
“The information gathered by our network of more than 1,300 scouts around the world, combined with Prozone’s amazing performance data, makes this an invaluable tool for any football club that takes player recruitment seriously.”
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