AARON DANKS has been appointed as Assistant Head Coach at Middlesbrough after leaving Aston Villa, where he was first-team coach for the last year.

IN June 2021, Justin Cochrane was appointed Manchester United’s first Head of Player Development and Coaching, with a remit to “maximise the potential of each individual player". Speaking on the latest episode of the TGG Podcast, he has given a fascinating insight into how he did this with Alejandro Garnacho.

JOSE MOURINHO says he was not surprised by Germany’s defeat by Japan at the World Cup because “the team is the most important thing” in Asia, whereas “in European football there is a big focus on the individual, a big focus on egos.”

NATHAN JONES has said that Southampton’s strategy of “developing” players rather than getting them in “ready-made” is what attracted him to become their new manager.

JACK WILSON is leaving Brentford after two years to become First Team Performance Analyst for Set Pieces at Manchester City.

BRENTFORD Head Coach Thomas Frank says his goalkeeper coach was injured by one of Nottingham Forest's ground staff during an altercation ahead of their 2-2 draw in the Premier League yesterday.

ASTON VILLA have named the six staff who have come to the club with new Head Coach Unai Emery, with “further announcements to be made in due course.”

SHEFFIELD UNITED manager Paul Heckingbottom has revealed that he was “pretty sure” how West Brom would set up on Saturday after they “put a bit too much on their social media channels for us to see.”

ASTON VILLA have sacked the five staff who were brought to the club by Steven Gerrard: assistants Gary McAllister, Neil Critchley and Tom Culshaw; Head of Fitness and Conditioning Jordan Milsom; and Lead Analyst Scott Mason.

BRENTFORD have announced that their new temporary performance centre will be opened before the end of November and named in honour of their former Technical Director Robert Rowan.

BRIGHTON have confirmed Roberto De Zerbi’s backroom staff after a trio of assistants were granted work permits.

DURING five years of TGG - and hundreds of articles, dozens of podcasts and numerous events and webinars - we have seen five key trends in coaching and management.