The Egyptian company helping European football call the shots: Arqam FC started as a sports blog and in just a few years became a global sports data company when it was acquired by UK-based Statsbomb in 2019. Arqam’s CEO Ali ElFakharany tells us in this week’s episode of Making It how he went from a local luxury item to an essential product used for a competitive edge by 42 teams across the Premier League, Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga.

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