DARREN RYAN has been named as the permanent coach of Wolves Under-18s after holding the position for the final few months of last season..

JONNY NORTHEAST, Swansea City's Head of Sports Science, is leaving the club after seven years.

BRENDAN RODGERS inspired his Celtic players before the Scottish Cup final with messages from loved ones and personalised lockers.

ENGLISHMAN Michael Beale has resigned from his job as assistant manager of São Paulo.

FORMER Indonesia assistant Jason Withe despairs at the lack of English bosses in the Premier League. He believes more would benefit from working abroad, but says attitudes have to change for that to happen.

SCOTT PARKER is the latest top player to take an Under-18s coaching job after being named in the role by former club Tottenham.

MANY players are back at their training grounds this week. The first thing they do is testing. But what exactly does it involve?

FORMER England defender Jonathan Woodgate has been appointed as Middlesbrough’s new Under-18s assistant coach.

DAVE ADAMS has been appointed First Team Coach at Middlesbrough by new Manager Garry Monk.

CHRIS NEVILLE has left his role as Head of Athletic Performance at relegated Blackburn Rovers.

BLACKBURN ROVERS are confident of retaining their status as a Category One Academy, despite being relegated to League One.

The Premier League has created a new position of Elite Performance Manager to ‘support their mission of developing more and better homegrown players’.