Tony Bloom outlines how Jamestown Analytics are helping Hearts – and Derek McInnes’ role in transfers
Tony Bloom outlines how Jamestown Analytics are helping Hearts – and Derek McInnes’ role in transfers.
Tony Bloom is confident Derek McInnes can help Hearts get the best out of Jamestown Analytics as he looks turn the Jambos into a force in Scotland.
The Brighton owner completed a £9.86million deal in June to secure a 29 per cent stake in the Gorgie club in non-voting shares.
The Tynecastle outfit are in partnership with the same Jamestown Analytics data firm that has underpinned the success the 55-year-old English entrepreneur has enjoyed in establishing the Seagulls in the Premier League and as a shareholder of freshly-crowned Belgian champions Union Saint-Gilloise.
Hearts, who signed Christian Borchgrevink, Alexandros Kyziridis, Claudio Braga, Oisin McEntee, Elton Kabangu, Stuart Findlay, Sabah Kerjota, Tomas Bent Magnusson, and Pierre Landry Kabore this summer, are unbeaten in six games and have six points from six in the William Hill Premiership.
Bloom, who recently expressed confidence that Hearts will one day emulate Union Saint-Gilloise by winning the title and competing in the Champions League, said: “We certainly want to speak with the player.
“Typically, the manager, head of recruitment, or sporting director will speak with the player. So I imagine there’s a lot going on there.
“I don’t know exactly how it works with Hearts, but I’ve got every confidence that they do a lot of due diligence on the player on top of all the analytics that they get from Jamestown.”
Bloom revealed the role Jamestown Analytics plays in player recruitment. He stated, “It only provides advisory services. That’s a lot.
Jamestown Analytics would not want to sign an agreement with the club if they were not using it properly. “But that doesn’t mean, here are the players; go get them. It’s not quite so simple. “There is much more to signing players than just data. That is a very important part.
However, as we all know, having a brilliant player does not guarantee success. “For a club like Hearts, they must understand or learn the club’s values.”They need to be the right person in the dressing room.
They need to have the right personality.
I’m not saying that every player who comes in will tick off every box; that would be unrealistic. “But what you don’t want is somebody coming in who is an excellent player and is a disruptor because that can really hurt you as a football club.”
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