Inside TransferRoom’s launch in women’s football: Data, pathways and ‘speed dating’

“One minute remaining,” rings round the Canoville Suite at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge in west London. But CMG Sports agency wants to ask Valerenga’s women’s sporting director, Steinar Pedersen, one quick question before time is up. “Are you looking for anything for either now or the summer?” its representative, Bradley Rains, asks. Pedersen points to the left-back position on the sheet of paper in front of him. The agency makes a note. The Norwegian club is also interested in an offensive midfiel