Over the course of a decade, he held trials for five million children across Africa, Latin America and south-east Asia. Watford's five-year top-flight stay ended after a 3-2 loss at Arsenal and Aston Villa's draw against West Ham. In the past, dictatorial managers such as Manchester Uniteds Sir Alex Ferguson or ArsenalsArsne Wenger, controlled most aspects of a clubs operations, including transfers. A larger scouting network is able to cover more ground. The family have vehemently denied the allegations. On Monday, Pozzo and Duxbury added: "Every club wants to be playing at the highest possible level. A greater windfall is possible. Since 2015, the clubs annual revenues have grown by more than 100m. This is not merely an English phenomenon. Scouts deploy no fixed tests. Football is a machine that grinds the dreams of thousands of boys. Scott Duxbury sat down with the Watford Observer's Frank Smith this week. History WHEN Ansoumane Konde's dreams of becoming a pro ended, he found he had nothing to showcase his unique experiences in the game. There is an assumption the head coach just sits there as players come and go like diners at a buffet. Increasingly, however, emerging English prospects, who can potentially earn higher salaries elsewhere, are also seeing the benefit. Watford chief executive Scott Duxbury (left) with technical director Filippo Giraldi In an office locked away from the hubbub is Gino Pozzo, Watford's owner. "Relegation'stough as it is, but when you have a worldwide pandemic, you have the Coronavirus, it nearly brought the club to its knees and to be able to navigate through that, and come back and be back in the Premier League, it's everything. Yet, Watford are the most active at searching for and trading talent. Along with the clubs Finance Director Emiliano Russo and Head of Communications Richard Walker, it was refreshing to be able to speak with supporters in an environment where confidentiality from both sides was assured. EVAN FERGUSON and Andy Moran both joined Brighton's Academy at the age of 16 from clubs in the League of Ireland. The small room, packed with circular tables, fills with noise. The rapid turnover appears to cause little disruption. If we simply replicate what the bigger clubs are doing, were going to fail, because we dont have their resources, says Duxbury. Pen pics of Watford's coaching, science, medicine and analytics staff. A lot of the bigger clubs, they will look at a player and they need a little more convincing, a little more proof. "That is not to detract from mistakes that were made surrounding the team this season. Highly experienced, having held senior recruitment roles with Fulham, Wolves and Brentford. NewsNow: Scott Duxbury news | Breaking News & Search 24/7 Scott Duxbury Sport Football Championship Watford Latest News In the last month Tribute: Oliver Phillips (1941-2023) Watford FC - Official Site 17:07 2-Feb-23 view more headlines 2 Feb 17:07 Get the latest transfer news and rumours from the world of football Don't miss a move! If you look at the world in front of you, there is somewhere a better player than [the one] you are chasing., The same approach applies to managers. If we need their support with regards to money, we will get it. They try to keep the identity of the club, so I think Watford fans should be really encouraged. He is the managing director of Vitol, a Geneva-based oil trading company. Hes got a year left of his contract. Data profile of Scott Duxbury who is contracted to Watford. Truth be told there is a myth about Watfords transfer set-up. So it's grea thatwe've had a fantastic season in the Championship, it's great that we've won so manyconsecutive games and were fantastic, but we're a Premier League football club. As was the case with Richarlison, clubs are eyeing Pereyra, Deulofeu and Abdoulaye Doucoure but if they are sold this summer, you can be sure Watford are ready to replace them. The likelihood is that any team that are consistently among the lowest spending in the division will eventually have a bad season. Then, Pozzo, Giraldi and Duxbury draw up lists of around four desirable players in each position, as well as tallies of younger targets that could eventually graduate into the side. Others follow a similar method. Joined Watford in August 2022. To keep up with their peers, Watford are increasing their spending on acquisitions. The company made a turnover of $297 billion in 2011. This is a risky strategy. "Watford have never built with a manger, you would not put a family photo on your desk or buy a house in the area. Udinese, a small-town club in the north-east of the country, play in Serie A, Italys top division. He had been bought just a season earlier for 11.5m from Brazils Fluminense but Duxbury says he was actually the clubs second choice for a new attacking player. The Pozzos are focused solely on football. Picture: Youtube/WatfordFC Watford chairman and CEO Scott Duxbury has described the club's promotion to the Premier League as the biggest achievement in his career. In a change to the Fans Forums and At Your Places of yesteryear, during which it was becoming increasingly difficult to talk openly and in relative confidence, the Fans Committee is designed to re-ignite those really open and frank conversations, with follow-ups planned that involve other members of the clubs senior management team as appropriate to the likely topics for discussion. He is the managing director of Vitol, a Geneva-based oil trading company. Beneath them is best described as a scouting board, with eight or nine individuals based around the world. For primary use with Football Manager 2021. Everybody wins. Football is an efficient market: the more a club spends, the better the results. Editors' Code of Practice. But Watford largely eschew such methods, Giraldi says. For his 2018 bookThe Away Game, author Sebastian Abbot followed Spaniard Josep Colomer who, as a coach at Barcelona, nurtured a youthfulLionel Messi before the Argentine developed into the worlds best player. As well as various roles in the Spanish leagues, including three spells at Mlaga CF, has worked for FC Dnipro in the Ukranian Premier League and for the Panama national team. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. Rest assured, we will do everything in our power to take Watford Football Club back to the Premier League, something we all believe we can achieve. Watford have also had their share of regulatory problems. But for a club with Watfords limited resources survival is the primary objective (the bottom three teams each season are relegated). Watford employ 12 senior scouts who travel the world, as well as a wider network of junior scouts, consultants and coaches, who live in different countries and provide recommendations. For latest updates, follow us on Twitter at @ground_guru. Id take it as a point of failure, says Duxbury. But what if Watford simply underpay their players relative to their true worth? Sociology graduate student at the Ohio State University. If he leaves, he can be replaced and the whole system does not fall apart. It's about respecting our supporters and our club. The secret is that we will move quicker, says Duxbury. Compared with their rivals, the club do not tend to buy locally. It must be on Watford's terms, too, as they showed when they held out until Everton paid . Other clubs deploy these tactics but few as often as Watford. Most, however, are obsessive freelancers who travel thousands of miles a season, are paid little more than 40 pence a mile for petrol, and are sustained by a diet of bacon sandwiches. If Im the club thats buying a player for 40m because youve heard of him onMatch of the Day, somethings gone wrong., Murad Ahmed is the FTs sports correspondent, Follow@FTMag on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first. Foreign imports, says Giraldi, offer better value for money: If you want to be economically efficient, [buy players in] South America. MX23RW : Tuesday, February 14 23:28:01| >> :600:110613:110613: Arsenal . Instead, the Pozzo model is akin to venture capital investing. atford chairman and CEO Scott Duxbury made a statement in a recent interview you would not expect from a Premier League club chief. Was a manager in his own right, for HNK Orijent 1919 in Croatia, before linking up with Bilic at Al-Ittihad, West Brom and Beijing Guoan. A manager is incentivised to pick the best possible team, so if new signings are good, they will play frequently. No matter that the team had recently made a great start to the season, winning their first four games. "The Pozzos are here for the long term and they just don't fail. Knows Watford owners the Pozzos from his three-year spell as Sporting Director of their other club, Udinese. We cant match them pound for pound.. Get involved in exciting, inspiring conversations with other readers. NORWICH CITY Sporting Director Stuart Webber admits his long-term future may not be in football after revealing the abuse he has experienced from some sections of the clubs fanbase in the last year. All 20 Premier League teams deploy global scouting networks to unearth hidden gems, sifting through thousands of footballers eager to play in thewealthiest club competition in world football. For now, then, on the back of several weeks without a home fixture, lets all come together and create something special this afternoon; something everyone can use as a catalyst for a very positive end to the season as we bid to retain Premier League status. I promise you everyone is doing everything in their power to rectify this now and for the rest of the season. I never fall in love with a player, adds Giraldi. Off the pitch, the club is thriving and will continue to thrive. Team Focus: Watford Formed: 1881 Stadium: Vicarage Road Stadium (21,000) Captain: Tom Cleverley Chairman: Scott Duxbury Manager: Slaven Bili Competitions: Championship position 3 . If we think a players good enough, we will sign him regardless, says Duxbury. This year, Watford rejected an offer from an American media company to buy a 35.7 per cent stake in the club for 125m, valuing it at a whopping 350m. My continued very best wishes, on behalf of everyone here at Watford Football Club, to you and your families. "We have always said we are here for the long-term and we will not allow this one moment of great disappointment to stop the continued development of this club over the next eight years and beyond. Players leaving doesnt concern me, he told talkSPORT. Everyone has been aware of that this week. It never stops, says Duxbury. Duxbury claimed that financial pressure was not the only thing the clubfound it difficult to contend with during the season, saying that the Watford "family" not being entirely on the same page at moments during the campaign caused added stress. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? . You can opt-out at any time by signing in to your account to manage your preferences. . Watford get a good fee, the player gets his move and the system kicks into life again. Though there is a desire to develop other parts of Watfords business, from expanding their stadium and seeking sponsorship deals, the obsession is trading players. The head coach will say, for example, he wants a winger with pace who can play on both flanks and the scouting team will look for someone who meets those needs. In a chaotic campaign, the club had four different managers. There, I meet two of Watfords key leaders Duxbury, 46, a square-shouldered Englishman in a pinstripe suit, and technical director Filippo Giraldi, a 43-year-old Italian with an unkempt air. Elton John Splurges On Luxury Toronto Apartment, The 8 Biggest Deals On Shark Tank Ever, Ranked, John Wick's Garage: 10 Crazy Expensive Motorcycles In Keanu Reeves' Collection, Inside Red Sea Project: The $5 Billion Saudi Desert Megaresort, Larsa Pippens New $3.3 Million Miami Penthouse, A Peek Inside Tom Hardy's Insane Car Collection. Picture: Youtube/WatfordFC. If we need their support with scouting networks, players and commercial know-how, then they are very much there for us in a supporting function, rather than interfering in the day-to-day running of the club. To what end? As we chat, ravenous players filter in following a training session. Role Active Director Appointed on 12 July 2012 . Tom Heaton. We have to accept a different challenge.". Difficult in practice. Subscribe toFT Life on YouTube for the latest FT Weekend videos. To receive exclusive content every month and other great benefits sign up to our monthly eNewsletter. Its values, its sense "There will be lessons learned and changes made but, from today, we move forward. This account already exists. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Brother of the Head Coach and also arrived at the club in December 2020, having previously spent a season with Valencia in La Liga. Research interests: Crime and deviance; social control and conflict; computational and mathematical sociology; relational sociology . But fortunes changed under Nigel Pearson and the former Leicester boss guided Watford out of the relegation zone with seven victories and 25 points from his 20 games in charge. . Creative midfielder for Hajduk Split, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Austria Salzburg during an 18-year playing career. Not any more. The club have 100 potential contracts already drawn up should the opportunity to sign a targeted player arise. The Pozzos were ridiculed when they came to power, with plenty questioning how a head coach could be in place when he did not have the complete say on transfers. But judging ability is tricky. Improvements and developments must and will be made. Scott Duxbury has been with Watford since 2012, having previously worked at West Ham Watford's strategy has been to build a structure behind the scenes that they hope will help the. "There were moments where it was touch and go whether we thought we could actually continue, but we managed to find a way through, we managed to adapt, and we've got back to the Premier League, which iseverything for this football club. Instead, Watford have successfully gamed footballs multibillion-pound transfer market: buying low, selling high, while maintaining a team of 11 players capable of scoring 11 wins against richer rivals. Javier Gracia and Quique Sanchez Flores were both dismissed after they managed one Premier League win in 14 matches between them. It was how they were able to persuade Gerard Deulofeu to sign from Barcelona and Nathaniel Chalobah from Chelsea, while Domingos Quina turned up at the training ground on deadline day in the summer when West Ham said he could go because he knew Watford would give him a chance. Its values, its sense of belonging, and its wish to inspire those in the local community. But is it bad? The government has made that clear and the culture secretary Oliver Dowden enforced that . Their opponents in Saturdays FA Cup Final, Manchester City, may be viewed as leaders in the transfer market, given their power to sign marquee names, but Watfords ability to build a squad on a fraction of the budget of their Wembley rivals arguably makes them one of the best operators. The close relationships with the local community in all its forms and the investment in club infrastructure will continue with purpose and enthusiasm. Of course, no one is perfect and Watford have made mistakes. The company made a turnover of $297 billion in 2011. It is the breadth of Watfords scouts and contacts that allows them to utilise the market so well and find value where others cannot. In the three seasons since promotion, Watford have secured 12 victories on one occasion and 11 wins in the other two. Privacy Policy & Cookies, 2023 Training Ground Guru. To see staff profiles for other clubs, click here. But they also know most players found by scouts will not succeed. well take a risk. In the UK, footballers from non-EU countries cannot gain work visas unless they satisfy certain eligibility requirements, such as playing for their national teams or racking up games in a major European league. This club means everything to me. The only place youll be able to find fresh content from throughout the club, including behind-the-scenes access at training, interviews with stars past and present and all the best action from each and every Watford FC Premier League game. Though they employ an outside firm to provide some data analysis on players, the club rely on the subjective judgments of their scouts. The family can develop the club, they can increase revenues and can help Watford grow.. If thats playing for Real Madrid orParis Saint-Germain, thats mutually compatible with our ambition because we will improve as a football club, they will improve as a player, and the merry-go-round will continue.. You, our supporters, deserve more. If you look at the balance sheet of Watford, what people would see as a negative in terms of certain incomes being low Gino sees as a positive, because he believes with the clubs fan base, Watford can grow. 00:00, Sun, May 10, 2020 | UPDATED: 22:29, Sun, May 10, 2020. The Pozzos are the clubs owners and son Gino will be the one who is more involved than his father Gianpaolo. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? Its been discussed, its been accepted. Watford chairman Scott Duxbury says at least six of the 20 English Premier League clubs are concerned about the plan to use neutral stadiums to finish the season. But other variables, such as the ability to control a ball under pressure, are near impossible to assess empirically. Yet a better way to understand how the club play the transfer market is to look at their wage bill the fifth lowest in the division. Our team will resume duty as soon as possible to start preparing for the best summer transfers file! Those regimes are motivated, at least in part, by marketing the brands of the owners. Only one has to make the big time to achieve huge returns. We dont want that disruption when a coach leaves a football club., Those who take the seat in Watfords dugout understand their task is to work with the players they are given. Scott Duxbury, Watford FC Chairman, said: "We are thrilled to welcome Stake as our principal shirt sponsor ahead of the 2021/2022 season. Please report any comments that break our rules. Since their most recent promotion to the Premier League in 2015, they have, on average, acquired and sold more players than any other side in Englands top division. Simply put, staying in the Premier League is valuable. Has one Premier League football club cracked the system for trading talent? The Pozzos were keen to buy an English club following the success of Granada and after discussing several possibilities, the family decided Watford were the perfect project. A fair assessment is they get one in three signings right, which in the current transfer market is a pretty high success rate. 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Was a goalkeeper in his homeland, playing more than 300 senior games, before moving into coaching with Como and then Udinese, Watford's sister club. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to It is most certainly not a closed shop or invite only. It is lunchtime. We use Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. They are footballs last romantics. Should a club hire a player on their recommendation, a scout earns a bonus of a few hundred pounds. The club simply changed tack. A couple of seasons later he was a battle-hardened attacker ready to play in Italy. This year, Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported that tax officials in Italy and Spain were investigating the familys clubs, alleging a complex ownership structure including offshore companies helped to funnel revenues from Udinese and Granada away from local tax authorities, all to provide more funding to Watford. As Calvin suggests, fewer than one per cent of the 10,000 boys at English club academies go on to make a living from the game. Without being crude, in the morning when Im getting ready for the day ahead and Im maybe havingmy toilet break, Im texting Filippo, saying, Have you heard about this player?. Watford chairman and CEO Scott Duxbury has described the club's promotion to the Premier League as the biggest achievement in his career. In acknowledging the continuing uncertainties around households financial commitments, we believe to provide a discount of at least seven per cent shows our recognition of loyal support across this and many previous seasons. Of the 28 teams to have played in the Premier League in the past three years, only four have bought a lower percentage of players from the British Isles, according to 21st Club. We dont have an owner taking money out [or] as a vehicle for him to make money.. Late last week, I thoroughly enjoyed meeting a small group of fans to begin a longer-term and wide-ranging process of discussions under the banner of a newly-constituted Fans Committee. It's the biggest achievement in my career. Wed be delighted to learn of your interest. "I genuinely believed we would do it [get promoted]but for it to actually arrive and the manner in which we did it with the stress, a 1-0. Scouts deliver their reports directly to the ruling trio rather than through other layers of management. We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. Has a strong background in analysis as well as coaching. He has seen it at Udinese and he has seen it at Granada. Enter your password to log in. Our players and coaching staff have gone into the team hotel earlier than scheduled to take away all other distractions and ensure the sole focus hones in on delivering a performance that our supporters can be proud of this afternoon. His time at Upton Park was controversial though, with the club fined 30m because of the Carlos Tevez affair, and he left in 2010 when David Gold and David Sullivan took over. Suggested targets are whittled down to two or three and presented to Duxbury, Giraldi and Pozzo, who are based at the clubs training ground. Scott Duxbury speaking after Watford were promoted to the Premier League. They watch matches, then attempt to decipher which players have what it takes. . Scott Duxbury, Chairman & CEO. He aspires to scale greater heights, of course. We dont want a guy from Watford and one from Udinese watching the same game, that would be stupid.. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. We are very proud of this football club. Calvin after shadowing people such as Mel Johnson, who spotted current international starsGareth Bale andRaheem Sterling as teenagers reckons scouts develop intuition that allows them to divine which players will make it to the top. Academic research suggests the best predictor of a teams league placing is its wage bill. in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, you can still find very, very good players who have the right attitude to play in Europe. cookies A lot of the bigger clubs, they will look at a player and they need a little more convincing, a little more proof. And when I say cheap, in terms of transfer fee, it can be similar, but in terms of salary, [there is] a massive difference. The Watford Observer caught up with the Hornets new chief executive this week to discuss how he arrived at Vicarage Road. If you didnt have that speed of decision-making, he wouldnt be here now.. Sign up for exclusive newsletters, comment on stories, enter competitions and attend events. Abu Dhabi-controlled City Football Group, which ownsManchester City, also has sides in the US and Australia, while energy drinks manufacturerRed Bull owns teams in Austria and Germany. They are not putting a time frame on that, but I am extremely confident it is just a matter of when, and not if. The noise weve heard at Vicarage Road in recent times has been relentless. There are modern efforts to improve scouting through the use of data analytics. Role: Chairperson. Watford chief executive Scott Duxbury reveals that the Hornets will sign more new players during the January transfer window. Come to Watford, play regularly and make your name, then secure a big move. "That's been our biggest strength that, as a fan base, asan ownership, as a management, we're all together. Captain Troy Deeney said he does not know if he has played his last game for the club. Sir Elton, a life-long fan who previously owned the club, reacted to the poor result as supporters often do; apportioning blame, calling for drastic changes. He had been signed for 11m the year before and was sold with his replacement, Roberto Pereyra, already in place. Watford have been criticised for their propensity to fire managers. David Fransen life-long fan of the Championship football club, Watford FC and a non-executive director of the club since 2009. Watford FC Chairman & CEO Scott Duxbury shares his thoughts ahead of this afternoons Premier League clash with Leeds United Late last week, I thoroughly enjoyed meeting a small group of fans to begin a longer-term and wide-ranging process of discussions under the banner of a newly-constituted Fans Committee. According to their recent accounts, the clubs net spend the difference between outlays on transfers minus fees received from selling players has been about 30m a season since re-entering the Premier League. Scott Duxbury - Manager profile | Transfermarkt Scott Duxbury Watford President Championship Appointed: Nov 2, 2016 imago images + Date of birth/Age: Mar 1, 1972 (50) Citizenship: England Profile History Stats Personal Record Manager career Players used Honours News Personal Details Stats No information available. They just want to do a deal because they know theyre going to lose him in January, [so] we have a guy in a car park with 10 minutes to go before the window closes., Duxbury spoke to Pozzo, who instantly gave the green light. Udinese is a really small town on the outskirts of Italy. Watford chairman Scott Duxbury has questioned whether the Premier League should return amid the coronavirus pandemic. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Simple in theory. Duxbury declines to speak about the details, saying that the owner has no reason to sell. Watford are one of the Premier Leaguespoorest clubs. A few weeks ago, SirElton John, international pop star, sent a message to Scott Duxbury, chief executive of Watford football club. Duxbury said: Their whole philosophy is that they believe in the men they put in place and they are there to provide support. Clubs such as Liverpool and Arsenal have invested millions of pounds building in-house teams. "We came here eight years ago, we are now an established Premier League football club and that's where we belong.". It is when players dont leave, thats the issue.. "So for us to be able to deal with that and get theteam spirit to come back, was remarkable.". [Even if the club have] no possibility of playing him because he hasnt got a work permit. In response, the English Football League (EFL), the body that regulates professional divisions below the Premier League, changed its rules so that clubs could no longer benefit from a huge influx of foreign loanees. . All Rights Reserved, Webber considering long-term future outside football after abuse, Strudwick steps down as Wales Head of Performance after five years, Plymouth secure permanent home for Academy as they prepare for Cat 2, Inside Brentfords new Robert Rowan Performance Centre, How futsal is part of the football fabric of River Plate in Argentina, App that gives released players new Routes after Academy football, How Ajax are building a full model of football, John Morling: Ferguson, Moran and different approaches to development. Watford look set for another season in Englands top tier following an outstanding start to this term. As a result, Colomer was recruited by the state of Qatar in 2007 to help to establish a programme called Football Dreams for the Doha-based Aspire Academy. (He rarely gives interviews and declined to speak to the FT.) Pozzo, 52, is the mastermind behind Watfords trading strategies. And while our full focus is of course on the current season, if you are thinking about things beyond the end of this campaign then I do hope Season Ticket holders reading in have already seen fit to renew for next year courtesy of the reduced prices offered within our Early Renewal period. Vicarage Roads 21,000 capacity is little more than a quarter ofManchester Uniteds Old Trafford. A row of small buildings contains offices, a canteen, a gym and changing facilities, with windows that look out on to a handful of carefully manicured pitches and the Hertfordshire hills in the distance. If you sign a SouthAmerican, you can start at ten [thousand pounds] a month.. Terms & Conditions That is why he chose Watford. Former Chelsea and England striker Chris Sutton on BBC Radio 5 Live: "The owner dictates everything and he needs to have a good look at himself.
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