How Man City overhauled their squad from a 650,000-strong database

[Getty Images]Inside the confines of Manchester City's sophisticated data operation is a fundamental phrase its experts work towards: "What does it take to win?"In practice, the motto is broken down into three sections: identifying players, evaluating them and assessing how the club could improve them, all with a view to enhancing the statistical probability of City winning the Premier League.Last season, the club's data department projected they would be there or thereabouts when it came to the