![]() ![]() It may have been based at an old warehouse in Leeds, but ProZone had something of a Silicon Valley vibe, with an enthusiastic young workforce of like-minded individuals, almost all of whom have gone on to become respected thinkers in football and several now employed at Melwood and/or the Kirkby Academy. Jenkins’ journey within the game began at a company that would eventually become one of the biggest global players in sports analysis but was merely a fledgling start-up in the early 2000s. “ Monday Night Football has got a lot to answer for!” laughs the 40-year-old, when asked about his once-niche occupation infiltrating the zeitgeist. Now head of analysis at the Liverpool FC Academy and individual coach for the Reds’ U23s, back in 2001 he was a university graduate in his early 20s, dropped in the deep end as the analyst in residence for a Derby County side trying to avoid relegation from the Premier League. ![]() But as recently as the turn of the century, the art was still practised only by a small number of pioneers. ![]()
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