LAPTOPS and tablets will appear on the bench for the first time at this summer’s World Cup as tactical analysts comes out into the open.

SPANISH side Espanyol have made an approach for Wolves European scout Miguel Rios.

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY manager Jos Luhukay says he will continue to build his team around young players next season.

CHRIS BADLAN, Norwich’s Head of European Scouting, has been appointed as Head of Recruitment at Coventry City.

STOKE CITY goalkeeper Jack Butland hits out at the club’s “farcical” recruitment policy following their relegation from the Premier League.

ROY HODGSON paid tribute to his medical and sport science teams after Crystal Palace secured their Premier League safety.

STEVEN GERRARD has been confirmed as the new manager of Rangers after signing a four-year deal with the Glasgow club.

MANAGERS are supported by an unseen network of tactical analysts on matchday. Derby County's Joe Carnall gives us an insight into this often secret world.

JOSE MOURINHO says his assistant Rui Faria would be “a good fit” for Arsenal and that he would “help him to pack and carry the bags” if he did land a big job.

STEVEN GERRARD is set to be announced as Rangers manager this afternoon - and is expected to take members of his current Liverpool Under-18s backroom staff with him to Ibrox.

INDIA manager Stephen Constantine says he cannot get a job in England because club owners always “hire somebody they know”.

TOMMY WIDDRINGTON has been appointed Head of Recruitment at Bristol Rovers, little more than a year after joining Coventry City to become the “cornerstone” of their recruitment process.