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September 2, 2026
Kapuscinski promoted as Spurs continue Insights department revamp
Pawel Kapuscinski has become Football Systems Lead at Tottenham as the club continues to revamp their Insights department.
Kapuscinski joined the club as a Data Engineer in December 2024 after previous experience as Scouting Data Analyst with Burnley and as Head of Football Data at Polish clubs Warta Poznan and Rakow Czestochowa.
It is the latest change in Spurs’ Insights team.
Joe Ferrelly has been appointed Head of Football Insights and will report into Frederik Leth, who has now become Director of Technical Performance.
The club also advertised on TGG for two positions – a Lead Data Scientist to replace Sasha Satikova, who left in the close season, and a Full Stack Engineer to join a “newly formed Football Systems team” embedded within the same department.
Tottenham’s data operation sits within the Football Insights and Strategy department and provides data-derived insights across the club, from the first team to the Academy and including both the men’s and women’s sides.
September 2, 2026
Chelsea promote Analyst Hussey to work with first team
Chelsea have promoted Joe Hussey to become their Men's First Team Performance Analyst.
Hussey, who joined the Blues in January 2023, has been their Under-21 Football Insights Analyst for the past two seasons.
His first role at the club was as Academy Performance Analyst before becoming Under-18s Assistant Performance Analyst in the summer of 2023.
Hussey has previously worked for Watford and Peterborough.
August 26, 2026
Brighton appoint Yeung as First Team Training Analyst
Nicolaus Yeung has been appointed as First Team Training Analyst at Brighton.
Yeung joins the Seagulls after almost seven years at Cardiff – his first professional club.
He joined the Bluebirds in October 2019 and worked as a Performance Analyst in their Academy and for their Under-18 and Under-21 teams before being promoted to Assistant First Team Analyst in August 2023. He was promoted again last September to First Team Analyst.
Yeung will “lead the detailed analysis of all team and individual sessions, providing feedback to coaching staff with the aim of helping to improve individuals and win games”, according to the job description when the role was advertised in the summer.
Training Analyst is one of the newer roles in the game, although Brighton are not the first club to have one.
Tottenham appointed Matteo Astori to the role last October, while Brentford named Benjamin Chevreau as theirs in January, while Sheffield United are in the process of appointing one.
August 26, 2026
Newcastle Goalkeeper Coach/Analyst Garcia joins Villa
Newcastle United Goalkeeper Coach/Analyst Daniel Garcia has joined Aston Villa.
Garcia had worked with the Magpies’ first team for four years after being promoted from his role as Under-18 Goalkeeping Coach at the club. He had been in that position for three years after joining the Magpies in August 2018 as Academy Under 12-16s Goalkeeping Coach.
Before moving to Tyneside, Garcia had coached goalkeepers in Rayo Vallecano’s Academy.
He has been appointed as Assistant to Goalkeeper Coach Javi Garcia at Villa and his departure follows that of Newcastle’s Head of Goalkeeping Adam Bartlett.
August 24, 2026
Villa’s Williams joins AFC Wimbledon as Head of Sport Science
AFC Wimbledon have appointed Aston Villa's Dan Williams as their new Head of Sports Science.
Williams had been at Villa since May 2024, most recently as Lead Academy Sports Scientist for the Under-21s.
Before that he spent almost five years at Leicester City, latterly leading provision for the Youth Development Phase, with earlier internships at Tottenham and Stevenage. It is his first job in first-team football.
“I’m really excited to be joining AFC Wimbledon and to lead the sports science provision for the first-team,” Williams said.
“For me, it’s about working closely with the staff and players to create an environment that helps the players stay fit and ultimately perform at their best on the pitch.”
Director of Football Craig Cope said the League One club “ran a thorough recruitment process which saw a really high calibre of candidates apply for the role”.
He added: “Through numerous interviews and tasks we felt Dan demonstrated an excellent proficiency for his discipline as well as a real desire and commitment to Wimbledon.”
August 17, 2026
Analyst exits Southampton after seven months
First Team Analyst Eduard Schmidt has left Southampton after only seven months.
The German joined from Bundesliga 2 side Hannover 96 in January and also has experience working in Switzerland and Canada.
Writing on LinkedIn, he said: “Southampton and I have mutually agreed to terminate my contract before the start of the new season. This comes quicker than one might have expected after what felt like a fairytale for the most part: a single league defeat, all the way back in January.
“The only team to beat us afterwards was Manchester City. In the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley. Unbelievable. Thank you for all these unforgettable experiences Saints. I am more than grateful – especially for all the great people involved and the friendships made along the way.”
August 3, 2026
Leicester’s Lead Data Scientist joins Ludonautics
Leicester City’s Lead Data Scientist, Peter Thompson, has left the club after two-and-a-half years to join Ian Graham’s sports advisory firm Ludonautics.
Thompson joined the Foxes from Southampton in March 2024 as Recruitment Data Scientist. Six months later he was promoted to become their Lead Data Scientist.
The man he replaced was Edd Webster, who had also left to join Ludonautics, the analytics consultancy founded in 2023 by former Liverpool Head of Research Ian Graham.
The business offers data-driven player recruitment, performance analysis, manager recruitment, financial modelling and club valuation. In June, we reported that Sasha Satikova was leaving her role as Tottenham’s Lead Data Scientist to join Ludonautics as a Club Consultant.
Satikova will be presenting on Day One of TGG Live 2026 at Old Trafford on September 29th.
TGG MEMBERS: Leicester City staff profiles
August 3, 2026
Merrill appointed Data Analyst by Celtic
Luke Merrill has been appointed Data Analyst at Celtic as the club work to modernise their recruitment and analytics structure.
Merrill, who is a TGG Premium Member, will be tasked with collecting, processing and analysing data, alongside building internal visualisations and data reports.
The club’s Lead Data Analyst is Antoine Ortega, who joined in 2021. Celtic are in the process of hiring a new Head of Recruitment.
Former Chelsea Senior International Scout James Bell-Walker joined in a senior scouting role at the start of the year.
July 22, 2026
Southern returns to Fleetwood as U21 Lead
Fleetwood Town have appointed Keith Southern as their new Under-21 Lead, bringing him back to Highbury after his exit as Everton's U18s Head Coach.
Southern’s exit came as part of a wider shake-up of Everton’s youth set-up and ended a nine-and-a-half-year spell at the club.
His move to Fleetwood reunites him with a club where he made 39 appearances during his playing career.
The former midfielder made more than 370 Football League and Premier League appearances, the majority at Blackpool, where he was Man of the Match in the 2010 Championship Play-Off Final as the Seasiders won promotion to the Premier League.
Speaking after his appointment, Southern said: “I’m really excited and delighted to be here. I’ve already had the chance to meet everybody this morning and it’s been a brilliant welcome. I’m looking forward to getting started, working with the players and staff, and helping the young lads develop as both footballers and people.”
Academy Manager Danny Morville said the club were “delighted” to bring Southern back.
“He brings a wealth of experience as both a player and a coach,” Morville said. “His knowledge will be invaluable to our young players as they continue to develop. Keith’s commitment to youth development, combined with his understanding of the game, make him an outstanding addition to our Academy and we are confident that he will be integral to the development of players across the Professional Development Phase.”
July 20, 2026
Maidana appointed Head of Performance at Watford
Nicolás Maidana has been appointed as the new Head of Performance at Watford.
The Uruguayan arrives following the appointment of Alessio Dionisi as Head Coach in June, although the duo have never previously worked together before.
The link is actually Udinese which, like Watford, is owned by the Pozzo family. Maidana worked for the Italian club in 2021/22.
Maidana is hugely experienced and has worked at clubs around the world: Selangor FC in Malaysia (2026), Panathinaikos in Greece (2024), Granada CF in Spain (2023/24) and Flamengo in Brazil (2023), alongside his spell at Udinese.
Before that globe-trotting run, he spent a lengthy period as a Fitness Coach at Club Nacional in his native Uruguay (2018-2021).
It was during his time at Nacional that Maidana wrote an in-depth piece for TGG on his work and philosophy.
On his approach to gym work, he said younger players reaching the first team were often trained “just like a player who is close to retirement,” calling this “a big mistake” — arguing that young athletes need both “training to compete” and “training to win,” rather than one at the expense of the other.
He was also a believer in balancing “hard and soft skills,” saying: “We have to understand that we work with people, not robots.”
On GPS and load monitoring, Maidana struck a note of caution: “Maybe we are putting limits on our players because of our desire to measure and quantify everything.”
July 16, 2026
Lorenzo leaves Bournemouth after three years
South America Scout Fran Lorenzo has left Bournemouth after three years.
The Uruguayan joined the Cherries in March 2023 from Peñarol and played a role in the signing of forward Rayan, who arrived from Vasco da Gama in January 2026 and went on to become a starter for the Brazil national team.
Writing on LinkedIn, Lorenzo said: “Grateful for an incredible three years at AFC Bournemouth. Thankful for the experience, the people I met, and everything I learned while contributing to the club’s recruitment process across South America.
“Looking forward to the next chapter.”
Lorenzo presented on ‘Scouting South America’ at TGG’s 2025 Scouting & Recruitment Webinar. The Webinar is available to purchase HERE – or it’s available for free for TGG Members. Find out more about joining HERE.
July 12, 2026
Sage brings three staff to Palace
Pierre Sage has confirmed his backroom staff at Crystal Palace, with three coaches arriving and two members of Oliver Glasner's regime staying on.
Sage, 47, has signed a three-year contract at Selhurst Park to 2029. He arrives after an impressive first season at RC Lens, where he won the Coupe de France and was named Ligue 1 Manager of the Year. He replaces Glasner, who recently left for Nottingham Forest.
Joining Sage are:
- Jamal Alioui (Assistant): Held the same role under Sage at Lyon and followed him to Lens. A former Morocco international right-back who captained his country at the 2004 Olympics, he has also coached Morocco’s U20s and several French clubs, including Nancy and FC Versailles.
- Damien Della Santa (Player Development & Set Piece Coach): Worked as Assistant under Sage at Lyon as well as at OGC Nice. Became a coach at 14 and maintains an ongoing role with the French Football Federation as a coach educator and researcher.
- Sandy Guichard (Fitness Coach): Joins after seven years in the same role at Monaco, with previous spells at Sion, Sochaux, Bordeaux, Dijon, Besançon and Trabzonspor, and past experience with the Algerian national team.
Paddy McCarthy (Assistant) and Andy Quy (Goalkeeper Coach) are the two survivors from Glasner’s staff.
McCarthy was a Palace player for eight seasons before moving into coaching and has been at the club for 18 years. He was part of the staff that delivered the Eagles’ first-ever trophy treble — the 2024/25 FA Cup, the 2025 FA Community Shield and the 2025/26 UEFA Conference League. He also assists the Republic of Ireland national team.
Quy, a former Premier League goalkeeper, joined Palace in September 2025 after 12 years as Stoke City’s Goalkeeping Coach and helped the club win its first European trophy in Leipzig in May.
The rest of Glasner’s staff followed him to Forest — Emanuel Pogatetz (Assistant), Michael Angerschmid (Assistant), Michael Berktold (Assistant), James Holland (Transition Coach) and Michael Gspurning (Goalkeeping Coach) are all confirmed at the City Ground.
Ronald Brunmayr, another of Glasner’s long-serving assistants at Palace, has not been confirmed as part of that group, and his status remains unclear.
July 11, 2026
Glasner takes five staff to Nottingham Forest
Oliver Glasner has taken five members of staff with him to Nottingham Forest following his appointment as Head Coach on July 6th.
Glasner has signed a three-year contract at the City Ground and joining him are:
- Michael Angerschmid (Assistant): One of Glasner’s closest colleagues for more than a decade, having played alongside him at SV Ried before working as his Assistant at LASK, Wolfsburg, Eintracht Frankfurt and Crystal Palace.
- Michael Berktold (Performance Coach/Assistant): Has worked with Glasner at LASK and Wolfsburg, and now Palace, taking charge of physical preparation and performance. Spent 2021-2023 as athletic trainer at Red Bull Salzburg – a spell separate from Glasner, who was at Frankfurt at the time – before rejoining him at Palace in 2024. A sports science graduate with a UEFA A coaching licence.
- Emanuel Pogatetz (Assistant): Move is yet to be finalised, pending issuing of a visa. Spent more than two years working alongside Glasner at Palace after coaching at LASK, St. Pölten and Austria Vienna (where he led the B Team). Capped 61 times by Austria and made 158 appearances for Middlesbrough during a playing career that also took in Bayer Leverkusen, Spartak Moscow, Hannover 96, Wolfsburg, West Ham and more.
- James Holland (Transition Coach): Former Australia international midfielder who specialised in player development, tactical preparation and individual performance under Glasner at Palace.
- Michael Gspurning (Goalkeeper Coach): Former Austria international keeper who played for Schalke 04, Union Berlin, PAOK Thessaloniki, Seattle Sounders, Xanthi and Platanias. Moved into coaching at Union Berlin and later with the Austria national team. No record of him having worked under Glasner before.
Glasner said: “I’m delighted that these outstanding coaches have joined me at Nottingham Forest. We’ve shared many successful moments together and, just as importantly, we share the same values, work ethic and determination to build a culture where every player is challenged to reach their highest level.
“I’m confident they’ll make a hugely positive impact on this football club.”
However, Ronald Brunmayr, one of Glasner’s most trusted lieutenants, has not been confirmed as part of the group moving to the City Ground – a notable absence given his history with the Head Coach.
The pair played together at SV Ried and Grazer AK, before Brunmayr became Glasner’s Assistant at Eintracht Frankfurt in 2021/22, when they won the UEFA Europa League together. He left Frankfurt alongside Glasner in 2023, then followed him to Crystal Palace in February 2024.
The appointments follow Vítor Pereira’s departure as Head Coach, with Forest exercising a mutual break clause in his contract.
His staff – Filipe Almeida (Assistant Coach), Luis Miguel (Assistant Coach), Bruno Moura (Head of Physical Performance and Opposition Analysis), Marco Knoop (Goalkeeper Coach) and Pedro Lopes (Opposition Analyst) – also left the club.
July 8, 2026
Ex-Southampton First Team Coach Martin to lead Brighton’s U18s
Carl Martin has been appointed as Head Coach of Brighton's Under-18 team.
Martin spent just over seven years at Southampton after joining them in January 2019 and was involved in some innovations introduced by the club.
He worked firstly as a Game Coach with the Under-18s. His role was to prepare and manage the team for matches while a separate Individual Coach would focus on players’ development. Under Martin’s leadership, the Saints won the Premier League South title in 2022.
That summer he was promoted to the first team set-up under Ralph Hasenhuttl as an in-possession specialist. The club’s Director of Football at the time, Matt Crocker, had introduced specialist coaching at both Academy and senior level, although the roles were scrapped when Sport Republic took over the club.
Martin went on to stay as First Team Coach under the Saints’ next five bosses – Nathan Jones, Ruben Selles, Russell Martin, Ivan Juric and Will Still. He left the club when Still was sacked in November.
Before joining Southampton he spent four-and-a-half years at Watford – most of which was as Professional Development Coach – and he also played for Wealdstone, Crewe and Macclesfield.
On joining Brighton, Martin said: “It’s a fantastic opportunity at a club who have an outstanding reputation for developing young players. I am thankful to the club for the trust they’re putting in me.”
Martin’s twin brother Callum is Professional Development Phase Assistant Coach for the Under-18s at Southampton, having joined the club last summer.
July 8, 2026
Scotland Set Piece Coach Hughes joining Athletic Bilbao
Scotland Set Piece Coach Andrew Hughes is joining Athletic Bilbao in the same role.
Hughes, who worked with the Scotland team at the World Cup finals, moves to the La Liga club a week after leaving Leicester City, where he had been Set Piece Coach for the past two seasons.
He has also been Set Piece Coach at Crystal Palace, Huddersfield and Norwich, while he has worked as First Team Coach at Bolton and Sheffield Wednesday and as Lead Under-23 coach at Sheffield United.
Hughes played more than 500 games as a midfielder in a 19-year career, making more than 100 appearances for each of Notts County, Reading and Leeds.
He was appointed as Bilbao’s Set Piece Coach by new Head Coach Edin Terzic, who took over this summer.
July 1, 2026
Spurs appoint Grocott as key figure in recruitment team
Tottenham Hotspur have named Stockport County's Head of Academy Recruitment Ryan Grocott as the North West Lead in their recruitment department.
Grocott had been at Stockport since January 2023 after eight-and-a-half years at Stoke City, where he was Youth Development Phase Coach and then Senior Academy Scout.
After avoiding relegation from the Premier League in May, Spurs Chairman Peter Charrington wrote an open letter to fans in which he said the club would commit to a variety of pledges, including increasing investment in their Academy “to ensure that the pathway from youth football to the first team is one of the strongest in the country”.
Players to successfully come through Spurs’ Academy to the first team include England captain Harry Kane and more recently Mikey Moore and Will Lankshear.
July 1, 2026
Behrami one of three staff leaving Watford
Valon Behrami, Watford's Assistant to the Sporting Director, and First Team Coaches Charlie Daniels and Alberto Garrido have all left the club.
Behrami returned to Vicarage Road last summer, having played for them between 2015 and 2017. He provided support to Gian Luca Nani and said: “Being back at Watford was a great experience. I worked with some amazing, talented and extremely hard-working people at a very special football club that will always have a place in my heart.
“I was very fortunate to have a career that took me to all corners of Europe and spent a lot of time away from home. I have a wife and two children and I owe them my time now – and I know a family club like Watford will understand this difficult decision.”
Daniels was at Watford for five years – first in the Academy where he was Lead Coach of both the Under-18s and Under-21s and then as First Team Coach. He took charge of two Championship games last season after Javi Gracia left the club.
Garrido spent the past two seasons at the club, having previously been Assistant Head Coach at Real Madrid Castilla.
Meanwhile, First Team Coach Dan Gosling is staying on with the Hornets as part of new Head Coach Alessio Dionisi’s backroom team.
July 1, 2026
Leicester ring the changes in Martin’s backroom staff
Leicester City have shuffled their backroom staff ahead of their first season in the third tier since 2009, with two incomings and two departures.
Former Barnsley Head Coach Conor Hourihane has been appointed as Russell Martin’s Assistant Manager, while Rhys Owen, who worked with Martin at Norwich, Swansea, Southampton and Rangers, arrives as First Team Fitness Coach.
On X, Hourihane said he was “delighted to be given the opportunity” and was “excited for the season ahead”.
Martin’s Assistant at Swansea, Southampton and Rangers was Matt Gill, but he is now part of the coaching team at West Brom.
First Team Coach Adam Sadler, who returned to Leicester on a short-term contract last season after an earlier nine-year spell at the club, and Set-Piece Coach Andy Hughes are both leaving the club.
The Foxes, who won the Premier League 10 years ago, have suffered back-to-back relegations and kick off their League One campaign at Notts County on 15 August.
TGG Members: Leicester City staff profiles
June 29, 2026
U21s boss Murty leaves Sunderland
Graeme Murty has left his role as Sunderland's Under-21s boss as the club undertake an Academy revamp ahead of the new season.
Murty was Head of Sunderland’s Professional Development Phase (17s to 21s) and joined the Black Cats from Rangers in October 2022. He spent close to three years overseeing the U21s.
Head of Coaching Stuart English said: “I’d like to personally thank Graeme for his service to Sunderland AFC and wish him all the best for the future.”
Murty added: “It has been an absolute privilege to work with so many talented players, coaches and dedicated support staff during my time in the Academy. I’m so proud of everything we have collectively achieved over the last four years, and as importantly, the superb progress we have made as an Academy team.
“Watching Tommy Watson clinch the Club’s return to the Premier League was a moment every Academy staff member will cherish. I wish the Club continued and sustained success in the future, building on an amazing return to the Premier League.”
Murty, 51, is a former Scotland international who took Academy roles at Southampton and Norwich before joining Rangers in 2016 to become Lead Development Squad Coach.
He was also twice placed in caretaker charge of the first team at Ibrox before becoming full-time manager for six months December 2017.
Murty’s exit comes shortly after John Hewitson was promoted to Head of Academy after seven years with Sunderland, succeeding Robin Nicholls, who left at the end of the season to become Academy Director at New York City FC.
Director of Football Florent Ghisolfi has underlined the Academy’s importance to the club, describing it as “a fundamental part of Sunderland AFC’s identity and our future” and framing Hewitson’s promotion as an expression of the club’s identity.
June 24, 2026
Speakman named Director of Football at FC Copenhagen
Former Sunderland Sporting Director Kristjaan Speakman has been appointed as the new Director of Football at FC Copenhagen.
The 47-year-old, who left Sunderland in February, will take up the post on July 1st and have overall responsibility for the entire football operation. He succeeds Sune Smith-Nielsen, who was sacked in February, and inherits a club in transition.
Copenhagen finished seventh in the 12-team Superliga last season — one of their worst seasons in recent memory – entering the relegation phase for the first time, before recovering to claim a Conference League place by beating Brøndby on the final day.
At Sunderland, Speakman oversaw the data-integrated recruitment structure that carried the club from League One to the Premier League in little over four seasons. He had previously spent more than a decade at Birmingham City, joining as an Academy coach in 2006 and rising to Head of Academy in 2017.
Speakman has set out plans for “an even more data-driven approach” at Copenhagen, saying it must “strengthen our decision-making basis, make it possible to track development more closely and identify opportunities before they arise.”
He has framed the job as a structural rebuild rather than a quick fix, talking about aligning “our processes and ambitions, our identity and strategy” so the club can return to the top of Danish football.
Chairman Henrik Møgelmose said: “We have run a very thorough recruitment process, and Kristjaan made a strong impression throughout. He is exactly the profile we were looking for.”
CEO Jacob Lauesen added that Speakman’s strategic insight had “already proved defining for the plan we are about to roll out,” describing him as “a man who knows what he wants and how to do it.”