Recently I have suggested sports lawyer as a good career for an ambitious youngster, but there are other off the pitch options. Professional football clubs’ share of UK hiring has tripled over the past five years, with a jump in demand for data experts as Britain’s top teams use their growing financial strength to expand their off-field operations. The clubs have emerged as a bright spot in an otherwise sluggish British jobs market, now accounting for more than seven in every 10,000 roles advertised, up from 2.4 per 10,000 in 2020, according to data from recruitment website Indeed. Data and analytics make up five per cent of the roles advertised by Premier League teams this year, according to job analytics firm Lightcast. This is double the share two years ago. The hiring boom has been fuelled by the deep pockets of Premier League clubs, which have seen revenues soar off the back of strong performances in European competitions and lucrative new commercial deals. “Data and anal...
Serie A is trying to close the financial gap on the Premier League. It may be possible to narrow it, but a range of structural forces underpin the dominance of the EPL, Italian commentators admit: https://football-italia.net/how-serie-a-close-1-billion-gap-premier-league/