(Originally recorded for Integral magazine project.) Damien Comolli

is a controversial figure in football depending on which set of supporters you talk

to. He has worked as a scout and then a sporting director at a number of clubs

in France and England, and for better or worse he has been the leading exponent

of the Moneyball philosophy in football. We talked before the 2013-14 season

about expectations throughout Europe and his thoughts on the current state of

analytics in the game.