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AI Talent Identification Platform for Football Scouting

This is like giving football scouts a supercomputer assistant that has watched every match in the world and read every stats sheet, then pointing it at "find us the next star that fits exactly how West Ham plays."

9.0
Quality
Score

Executive Brief

Business Problem Solved

Traditional player scouting is slow, subjective, and limited by human capacity to watch matches and process data. This platform uses AI and cloud analytics to systematically search huge global talent pools, match players to West Ham’s style and needs, and surface the best targets faster and more reliably.

Value Drivers

Reduced scouting cost per viable player identifiedFaster identification of transfer targets vs. manual scouting aloneHigher hit-rate on signings that fit tactical and physical profilesBetter use of internal scouting resources (focus on validation not initial search)Creation of a reusable data asset on global player performance

Strategic Moat

Combination of club-specific playing philosophy and proprietary performance data, encoded into models and filters, plus a long-term data asset and workflow integration with West Ham’s scouting processes.

Technical Analysis

Model Strategy

Hybrid

Data Strategy

Vector Search

Implementation Complexity

High (Custom Models/Infra)

Scalability Bottleneck

Data quality/coverage across global leagues and integration of heterogeneous video, event, and tracking data at scale.

Market Signal

Adoption Stage

Early Adopters

Differentiation Factor

Tightly co-developed with a specific Premier League club’s philosophy and workflows, rather than a generic off-the-shelf scouting dashboard; likely blends club-specific labels, custom models, and AWS-scale infrastructure to search broader data than a typical scouting department can handle.