Everyone on social media is an expert.
Or so they would have you believe. But every so often, that might just be the case.
Serie A side Como 1907 certainly seem to think so, having recently hired 20-year-old Felix Johnston as a first-team scout.
It is a remarkable step for Johnston, who until recently was a Chelsea content creator on X, highlighting and providing analysis on the brightest stars at the club’s academy.
Now he is helping find players to improve a side managed by former Chelsea, Arsenal and Spain midfielder Cesc Fabregas in Italy’s top flight.
“It’s been a long journey,” Johnston told BBC Radio 5 Live’s Monday Night Club.
“It started with my friend messaging my during lockdown saying ‘you need to get on Twitter, that’s where everyone is talking about football’.
“I took it kind of seriously, built up a following and where it really started was when I discovered the Chelsea academy.
“I fell in love with watching the academy games, seeing the young players come through. It was what I was known for, my niche on Twitter.”
From there he began to do his own scouting of players, and Chelsea’s youth-focused transfer strategy gave him plenty to get stuck into.
“Suddenly their model was all about sign
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