Andre Villas-Boas last week revealed that Tottenham's use of data in recruitment led to "massive, massive arguments" when he was the club's head coach back in the summer of 2012.
As he told it, Villas-Boas had wanted Spurs to sign Joao Moutinho, but the Porto midfielder was way down the list of targets compiled by the club's data team — and some way behind Mousa Dembele, who came out on top statistically.
