Luís Campos; The BEST Sporting Director You've NEVER Heard Of! | Explained

On today’s EFD Explained, we take a look at Luis Campos, the man credited with kickstarting Kylian MBappé’s career and building the Monaco team which beat PSG to the title and made the Champions League semis in 2017, and made almost $1billion through player sales in the process. His latest success story has been at Lille, where through similar thinking the club has also been able to take on PSG in the French top flight and make huge profits in the transfer market!

The role of sporting director, or director of football, is one that has been increasingly talked about in the last decade, especially in the English game where until recent years many clubs remained resistant to the idea of making room for one. But whereas they were once scarce, 17 of the 20 clubs to contest the Premier League in 2020-21 employ a sporting director or equivalent, with only Newcastle, Chelsea, and Sheffield United without one right now.

Although specific responsibilities vary from club to club, sporting directors are generally tasked with overseeing scouting and transfer policy, including the hiring of managers and coaches, negotiating transfers and setting out a long-term vision for the club to adhere to. Nicknamed ‘the wizard of capital gains’ and dubbed “the world’s most successful talent spotter and team-builder” by the Telegraph’s Jason Burt, Luis Campos has become synonymous with the idea that a club can win silverware, play great football and turn a profit all at the same time, with his work at Monaco and Lille now the stuff of legend.

But who is Luis Campos? And how did he become one of Europe’s most successful sporting directors? Let’s find out.

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