Well written and thoughtful. Takes us on a tour of some of Europe's most innovative football thinkers - Financial Times
The future of football is now.
Football's data revolution has only just begun. The arrival of advanced metrics and detailed analysis is already reshaping the modern game. We can now fully assess player performance, analyse the role of luck and measure what really leads to victory. There is no turning back.
Now the race is on between football's wealthiest clubs and a group of outsiders, nerds and rule-breakers, who are turning the game on its head with their staggering innovations. Winning is no longer just about what happens out on the pitch, it's now a battle taking place in boardrooms and on screens across international borders with the world's brightest minds driving for an edge over their fiercest rivals.
Christoph Biermann has moved in the midst of these disruptive upheavals, talking to scientists, coaches, managers, scouts and psychologists in the world's major clubs, traveling across Europe and the US and revealing the hidden - and often jaw-dropping - truths behind the beautiful game.
'A book full of exciting ideas and inside views on modern football. The most exciting book in an exciting time for football.' Thomas Hitzlsperger Christoph Biermann is an award-winning football writer and one of the most respected voices in the field. His books have twice won Football Book of the Year in his native Germany, where he is a reporter for the magazine 11 Freunde. The international bestselling insider's account of football's incredible data revolution Books about football and statistics sell well - The Numbers Game has sold 45,000 paperbacks and Soccernomics 30,000 paperbacks through TCM The Football Index was a top 10 bestseller in Germany where it has sold over 30,000 copies. Biermann has twice won Football Books of the Year in Germany Data has already transformed football. Now Christoph Biermann shows Foreword and translated by Raphael Honigstein, a regular commentator on The Totally Football Show and Bt Sport and he UK's top German football pundit (500k Twitter followers)
