Academy Director Prosser leaving Everton to join Al Jazira
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Training Ground Guru
May 23, 2025
Everton Academy Director Gareth Prosser is leaving the club after three years to join Al Jazira in the United Arab Emirates.
Prosser joined the Toffees in June 2022 after three years as General Manager of PGAAC, the Academy audit company. The move to Goodison reunited him with Director of Football Kevin Thelwell, with whom he had worked at Derby County and Wolves.
Prosser will officially leave Everton next month before moving to the UAE at the start of July. He will again be the Academy Director with the UAE Pro League club.
Everton said the recruitment process to appoint a new Academy Director “as part of the new football leadership structure” was “underway” and that “an update will be provided in due course.”
The leadership structure they referred to has undergone significant change since the takeover by The Friedkin Group in December 2024. Thelwell is leaving after Everton’s final game of the season this weekend to become the Director of Football at Rangers, while David Moyes returned to the club in January to replace Sean Dyche as Manager.
Angus Kinnear arrived from Leeds United to become Everton’s Chief Executive earlier this month.
The Toffees were in eighth place in the latest edition of TGG’s Academy Productivity Rankings.
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