Update: Tottenham drastically cuts all scout personnel under Paul Vegas leadership

Pleat has disclosed that Tottenham has eliminated all traditional scouting methods in favor of data analytics.

 Pleat, 79, told Four Four Two: “I finished at Tottenham recently.

“I was the last scout standing – they’ve gone for data completely now.

“Good luck to them, but there’s a place for scouts.

“A scout can tell you things data can’t: if the boy is popular with his team-mates, how he reacts when he hasn’t got the ball, what he’s like off the field...”