This Traore is still on the books at Monaco, although he has spent the last year on loan at Metz. The Portugal internationalhas gone on to great success in England, helping Pep Guardiolas team win two consecutive Premier League titles. The attacking midfielder impressed at the Stade Louis II, scoring 10 goals in 38 games before joining Real Madrid after a star-making turn at the 2014 World Cup. Many would have been tempted to move for proven quality to replace their top scorer but instead Lille signed another striker from the Pro League in Jonathan David. term as coach : 0.76 Years Profile History Stats Personal Record The Nigerian scored 18 goals in 38 appearances in all competitions for Lille in 2019-20 before completing a 70million move to Napoli. As soon as the former Barcelona boss became unattached, there were murmurs of him replacing Diego Simeone as the manager of Atletico Madrid. This is likely because peak age players have more downside if they dont work as signings, as they are harder to make money back on. He joined Shanghai SIPG in 2017 before retiring. Have something to tell us about this article? Anyone walking past Campos' office on the ground floor of Madrid's Valdebebas training centre could have been forgiven for thinking it looked more like it belonged to a Silicon Valley tech guru than one of the world's leading football scouts. Instead, Michael Edwards and Paul Mitchell are two names high up on the list. The most expensive signing in the last of Campos three years at Monaco at 18million, Cavaleiro lasted a year at the club before joining Wolves in 2016, although he has spent this season on loan at Fulham. By clicking one of the numbers, you can access a player's performance data. His passion is the key. The Portuguese has been credited with helping to lure Radamel Falcao, Bernardo Silva and Joao Moutinho, while he has helped unearth the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Nicolas Pepe and Anthony Martial. Looks set for stardom, one of the most athletically-gifted attackers in Europe. Along with another former coach, Americo Magalhaes, he set up Training to Play (T2P), a company that provided equipment, training DVDs and tactical software for football clubs. Campos is well known for his work with Lille and, most memorably, AS Monaco, where he identified some of the best talents in the World who are now performing on the big stages elsewhere. The club spent lavishly in the 2013 summer transfer windowshelling out around 150 million on proven stars including Radamel Falcao, James Rodriguez and Joao Moutinhobut the following year, owner Dmitry Rybolovlev decided such huge expenditure was unsustainable. The list of clubs rumoured to have shown an interest in the Lille sporting director's services reads like a Who's Who of the European elite, with Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Barcelona, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Roma, Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille all reported to have sounded him out about the possibility of becoming their sporting director in recent years. Date of . Of course, Kylian Mbappe was already a sublime talent as a teenager, but with Campos as sporting director, Monaco did not sign an experienced forward who would block the minutes of a player they expected to play a lot at an early age. Campos' change of job title coincided with a sharp shift in Monaco's recruitment strategy. 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Below are all the players which moved on from the club in that age-group: As well as David coming in to replace Osimhen, Botman was a replacement for Gabriel after he moved to Arsenal, whilst Yves Bissoumas sale was made easier by the fact that Soumare was already at the club. Twitter: You can follow our dedicated Spurs account, Tottenham Hotspur correspondent Alasdair Gold and football reporter Rob Guest. football.london understands it wasn't just the loss in Europe which caused the parting of ways. football.london's live coverage of Arsenal vs Everton in the Premier League at the Emirates Stadium as Mikel Arteta's side look to extend their lead at the top of the table. Campos prefers to sign players in the early stages of their careers. And character is an essential marker in detecting a top talent. Jose Mourinho and Luis Campos have a well-documented working relationship, (Image: PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images). One of their innovations, an application called the Mourinho Tactical Board, was custom-made for the man it was named after. Just two years later, Monaco had made a massive profit on the Frenchman after selling him to Manchester United for a potential fee of 58m. Quick, skilful and versatile, Ikone has a huge future ahead of him. Instead, all of Campos' data was meticulously collated on his laptop and iPad. It was the ultimate riposte to his detractors. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Lus Campos says he is unsatisfied with PSG's transfer window In his interview with RMC Sport broadcast this evening, Paris Saint-Germain's sporting advisor Lus Campos indicated that he was "unsatisfied" with the club's transfer business this past summer. Mikel Arteta is set to stay on as manager but is keen on bolstering his squad further in the transfer window. 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United by mutual admiration, Campos and Mourinho had become close allies. At Analytics FC, we provide software and data services to entities within football looking to realise the gains possible from analytical thinking. He is now valued at 45million by the German website. Sold for 166million (Independent). PSG could reportedly enter the race to sign Napoli superstar Victor Osimhen, though the Ligue 1 giants face stern competition already from the likes of Newcastle United and Tottenham.. They were both over the age of 34-years-old and picked up for free. Campos vowed, as Monaco closed in on the title, that he would create "other masterpieces" in his career, and last summer's transfer window at Lille stood in comparison with any of the dazzling brushwork he produced in the principality. Stay up to date with all the latest Tottenham Hotspur news from Alasdair Gold, Rob Guest and the football.london team across our social media channels. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. After making 43 league starts across two campaigns, he moved to Valencia on loan with Joao Cancelo going the other way. The type of player. The 20-year-old is yet to catch fire at the San Siro, though, with only two goals in over 1,000 minutes of Serie A action. In fact, the only country where Campos made more signings from than Brazil was France itself, as he signed six players from Brazils Serie A during his time at Lille. They want to see world-class players developed to continue in Paris. Karanka believes it boils down to a combination of knowledge, experience and motivation. It earned him the nickname "Luis Campas"campa being a Portuguese word for "grave.". We'll also send special newsletters when big stories break or there's a special event happening. The one-time Portuguese wonderkid signed for Lille in 2019 after failing to live up to his promise at Bayern Munich. Current club: Belenenses, on loan from Lille. The 2017 Ligue 1 winner joined Galatasaray on a three-year deal in September 2019. Soumare came through PSGs academy and cost Lille nothing when Campos poached the box-to-box midfielder in 2017. Fonte, the former Southampton centre back, proved to be the perfect partner for the far less experienced Botman, with Fonte starting every game of the season, bar the two he was suspended for. The France international won the Golden Boy award in 2015 and has become a key figure at Old Trafford. However, no move came to pass with the Catalan giants' situation with their finances preventing yet another big-money move in a summer where they splashed out big on the likes of Robert Lewandowski, Jules Kounde and Raphinha, respectively. He had been a scout at Real Madrid, so well just go with players he signed as a technical director at Monaco or Lille and there are some great signings included. 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Rafael Leao Campos knows the Portuguese game well, and he somehow managed to land Leao after his controversial Sporting exit. Elite clubs across Europe have reaped the rewards of PSGs inability to facilitate the progression of players like Christopher Nkunku now valued at 80million and Moussa Diaby now valued at 60million both of whom left in the summer of 2020. He's very persistent and always looks for as much information as he can find," recalls Jose Morais, who was one of Mourinho's assistants at Madrid. As the table above shows, he was also careful not to spend high fees on those players, not breaking 10million for a single one and spending only 40.5million in total. However, in his efforts to win the Champions League after his world record move, the Brazilian decided to stay put despite his good relationship with Thomas Tuchel. Clearly, that was the right call as Mbappe has become arguably the best footballer in the world and Monaco earned 180million from his sale to PSG. The footballing world was shocked earlier this summer, as Kylian Mbappe opted to remain with Paris Saint-Germain, rather than making a long-expected free transfer to Real Madrid. If you decide later you no longer wish to receive the emails, hit the unsubscribe link in the newsletters - but we don't think you'll want to. The pair worked together at Real Madrid between 2012 and 2013. pic.twitter.com/I9sBaD1K5D. This track record should be hugely exciting for Spurs fans to read, and they may be desperate to see Campos arrive in what could see Tottenham finally become a force in the transfer market once again. That proved to be a bargain as Lemar spent successful three years at Monaco and played a key rolein their title-winning season. The Portuguese chief managed to convince him to stay at Monaco by promoting him from the B team, where he would become a superstar at the age of 16, before completing a 166m move to Paris Saint-Germain. 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