Inter sporting director Piero Ausilio confirmed this week that Yann Bisseck, the Nerazzurri defender, was signed on the basis of data analysis — a detail that reframes what the 25-year-old has become under Inter coach Cristian Chivu's Serie A title-winning side.
The admission carries weight. Ausilio, reflecting on transfer decisions in a wide-ranging interview, named Bisseck as an example of data-driven recruitment done right, placing him in the same breath as Lautaro Martinez, whom the director described as the club's best-ever signing. That Bisseck earns a mention in that company is not sentiment — it is a verdict on a process that worked.
The numbers behind Bisseck's 2025-26 campaign support the assessment. Across 22 Serie A appearances, the defender has contributed three goals and one assist, a return that would flatter many midfielders and is exceptional for a centre-back. His average match rating of 7.20 places him among the more consistent performers in a squad that has conceded just 32 goals in 37 matches while scoring 86 — a defensive record that reflects collective discipline but also individual reliability at the back.
Chivu's Inter sit first in Serie A with 86 points from 37 matches, the product of 27 wins, five draws, and five defeats. Bisseck has been part of the architecture that made that possible. A defender who contributes at both ends of the pitch without sacrificing positional solidity is exactly the profile a title-chasing side needs from its depth options — and Bisseck has delivered beyond that threshold.
The AI scouting model that informed his recruitment rates him at 71 out of 100 overall, with a projected ceiling of 76. Those figures suggest a player still ascending, not one who has reached his limit. At 25, with a Scudetto campaign behind him and a director publicly crediting the data that identified him, Bisseck enters the summer as one of the quieter success stories of Inter's rebuild — and one of the stronger arguments for trusting the numbers when the eye test is inconclusive.
Ausilio's candour about what went wrong elsewhere — he admitted to regret over Sandro Tonali and acknowledged being rejected in pursuit of Marco Palestra — makes the Bisseck endorsement more pointed. Not every bet paid off. This one did.