#026 How much is your favourite Premier League player really worth?

All of a sudden mathematics wizards and statisticians are moving into the front offices of major sports teams. Ian McHale, Professor of Sports Analytics at the University of Liverpool, discusses the remarkable rise of analytics in professional sport. We see it in cycling, baseball, basketball… but what about football? McHale says the Premier League is behind other sports in adopting analytics to drive performance. This means some star players might be over-valued (and overpaid) while the role their teammates play may be overlooked. University of Liverpool's Online MSc in Big Data Analytics http://edu.university-liverpool-online.com/canada/ontario/programmes/information-technology/msc-in-big-data-analytics University of Liverpool's Online Graduate Management Degrees http://edu.university-liverpool-online.com/canada/ontario/programmes/management/