Football coaches desperate to boost their team’s performance could soon find an answer in an artificial intelligence system to conjure the next superstar.

A kind of sporting Aladdin’s lamp is within reach, technologists claim, which could allow managers to simply wish for a new player with the aggression of Erling Haaland or the poise of Jude Bellingham and for an AI to suggest the perfect prospect.

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