#football-scouting

#football-scouting

Barcelona is very close to signing Víctor Santiago, a left-footed attacking midfielder from Escola Gava. His technical ability, pace, agility, and dribbling are truly impressive. He is set to join the Cadet A team for the 2026/27 season.

While that did not end well, he retained his reputation as one of the most notable sporting management figures in Germany. So when his son Nils Schmadtke burst on to the scene and started working in the same field his father was, there were murmurs of nepotism being at work. Those allegations gained traction when he started getting more and more positions of power in German football at alarming speeds and peaked when he landed the job of Head of Scouting at Bayern Munich.

"It's been a long journey," Johnston told BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club. "It started with my friend messaging my during lockdown saying 'you need to get on Twitter, that's where everyone is talking about football'. "I took it kind of seriously, built up a following and where it really started was when I discovered the Chelsea academy. "I fell in love with watching the academy games, seeing the young players come through. It was what I was known for, my niche on Twitter."

West Ham United are aiming to appoint Fiorentina chief scout Antonio Tramontano to improve their recruitment and scouting as they prepare for significant changes.