Brighton CEO reveals the secret for club’s success

Brighton CEO Paul Barber has revealed one of the club’s secrets so that the club can be as efficient as possible in the transfer market.

“We try to have players through our door before we need them. In an ideal world, you don’t want to be targeting a player right after you’ve sold one in his position, because everybody knows you’ve got money!”

“A lot of work goes into that process of looking at players all over the world.”, he said.

“The more data there is when it comes to recruiting that player or coach, the better, but there are certain markets where the data is thinner than others.” “The data will be thinner in places where, for example, players have a longer education or don’t feature in as many league games.”

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🔵 Brighton chief executive Paul Barber: “We try to have players through our door before we need them.”

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“In an ideal world, you don’t want to be targeting a player right after you’ve sold one in his position, because everybody knows you’ve got money!”

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“When we’re looking at players from those areas, we combine our research to make sure we’ve got plenty of eyes on scouting and character referencing, to build up a picture as best we can.”, Barber shared to FourFourTwo.