Head of Football Operations at Blackburn Rovers - Rudy Gestede #62This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here: https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals Use code YOUTUBE for an extra 10% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Rudy Gestede played over 350 times as a professional player but has now transitioned to a different type of role.Rudy is currently Head of Football Operations at Blackburn Rovers and was kind enough to join me and discuss all things player transfers, budgets, and what goes on off the pitch.Thanks for watching, and please subscribe if you haven't already!Other relevant episodesSean Kimberley (ex Head of recruitment): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J872WZs1i5s&t=1sMark Cartwright (Sporting Director): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCb8L9vRxbw Andy Belk (Head of recruitment): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n70NzZxzyU 0:00 - Introduction1:55 - Rudy joins and gives background4:48 - Retiring from playing, the transition9:20 - Rudy describes his role of head of football operations15:15 - How Rudy got the job, learning20:34 - An average week for Rudy22:44 - Transfer windows and relationship with CEO27:32 - The process of a transfer31:56 - Agents34:39 - Shortlisted players, deciding on players36:19 - Scouting from around the World, Yuki Ohashi41:06 - Budgets, managing salaries, costs43:43 - Using the loan system47:50 - Data in football, important to Rudy?49:22 - Long term planning, pressure, what is success?54:22 - Message to Blackburn fans#sportingdirector #blackburnrovers #blackburn #rovers #eflchampionship #eflchampionship◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download 📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download PAID RESOURCES🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://courses.mckayjohns.com/courses/football-analytics-course?ref=3f7c5c ⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA

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