A case study of the use of verbal reports for talent identification purposes in soccer: A Messi affair!

• Matthew J. Reeves ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mreeves4@uclan.ac.uk

  Affiliation School of Sport & Health Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3903-2910

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• Allistair P. McRobert,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations The Football Exchange, School of Sport & Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom, School of Sport & Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Colin J. Lewis,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Sport & Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Simon J. Roberts

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Sport & Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7370-0161

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