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Toulouse back in Ligue 1: how a data transfer window saved the TFC

2022-04-26T07:34:01.539Z


Toulouse is promoted to Ligue 1 after its victory (2-0) against Niort on Monday evening. A success that can be explained by a particular method of recruitment.


It was a fairly simple calculation: against Niort on Monday evening, all it took was a victory to see Toulouse back in Ligue 1, two years after leaving it.

Behind the scenes, other slightly more complex calculations, on slightly more powerful computers, are the basis of the success of this club which had sunk in the middle of the Covid period during the worst season in its history.

Since then, Téfécé has been bought by a New York investment fund, RedBird, and in the suitcase of these American investors have arrived software still little used in football: they are used to assess the intrinsic value of a player , compiling countless statistics and performance reports.

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Source: leparis

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