How Chelsea are using AI to help pick their team

Chelsea owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali are investing in data science at the club.

Chelsea are now leaning heavily into advancements in artificial intelligence.

Sachin Gupta and Javier Fernandez have been key to developing the analytics side.

Fernandez has a PhD in AI and worked at Barcelona as head of analytics.

The systems and models or tools’ being used at clubs are vastly superior and targeted than the popular large language models.

Google ’s Gemini , after initially reluctant to offer an opinion, opted for a 4 -2-4 formation.

Manchester United are thought to be utilising AI in recruitment.

“In football there’s scepticism I fully understand,” Wendt adds. “Everyone working there has been trained by the system for decades . If you embrace AI you have a major advantage now, there are many hidden diamonds and insights on how you set up the team. “We’d love to get one of the underdogs in the Premier League to qualify for the Champions League , and to get clubs from the Championship to the Premier League. The ones you never expect. That’s our mission.”.