The Future of the Python Football Review

Hi friends,

Here’s a quick update on what’s been happening behind the scenes and where this newsletter is heading.

For the past five months, I’ve been reading and working on valuation models for football transfers. What was initially planned as a simple newsletter edition has grown into something much deeper than expected.

Going forward, the newsletter will move away from the “teaching Python” format and toward market-focused analysis. Think Swiss Ramble, but for player valuations, salaries, and performance. This includes:

• Player transfer and wage evaluations (obviously)

• Assessing how well teams perform in the transfer market—and how players perform at the negotiation table

• Transfer window reviews

• Case studies (e.g. what Kevin De Bruyne’s data scientists might have said to Man City during negotiations for his €80 million contract extension in 2021)

The previous articles won’t disappear—only the name of the newsletter and my handle will change.

So the Python Football Review is evolving into Transfer Science (hopefully I won’t change the name again before the first new post is out).

If this isn’t something you’re interested in, please feel free to unsubscribe.

If it is, I’m glad to have you here.

Also—if there’s something within these topics you’d like to learn more about or read regularly, drop your ideas in the comments or just hit reply. I’d genuinely love your feedback.

Cheers,
Martin