FORMER Charlton and Southend manager Chris Powell has joined Gareth’s Southgate’s coaching staff until Euro 2020 as part of the Football Association’s BAME placement scheme.

IAN FOSTER has been promoted to England Under-18 boss as the Football Association announced its coaching line-up for the coming season.

AUSTRALIAN Andrew Meredith has left German side St Pauli to take up a new position as Analysis Operations Manager at Manchester United.

LA-based Second Spectrum, who describe themselves as the “world leader in building machines that understand sports”, begin their tracking contract with the Premier League tonight.

SOUTHAMPTON manager Ralph Hassenhuttl has lost the only member of staff he brought with him to the club in December 2018.

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS firm Hudl has bought scouting platform Wyscout, creating “the most comprehensive football video analysis, data and recruitment platform in the industry”.

THE new version of the world’s top performance analysis software has been launched. We got a sneak preview of it from senior analysts with Belgium and the Republic of Ireland.

FRANK LAMPARD has unveiled his Chelsea backroom team, with Chris Jones and Jody Morris joining him from Derby County.

THIS summer, the role of Head of Player Development has been in vogue, with more and more clubs appointing one. Here is why so many are focusing on the individual.

ENGLAND LIONESSES have taken a 15-strong staff to France for the Women's World Cup - their biggest backroom ever for a competition. Here are the pen pics of the coaching and performance personnel who have travelled with Head Coach Phil Neville and his players.

DAMIEN JOHNSON has been promoted from Under-23s boss to the new role of first team Technical Coach and Head of Player Development by Blackburn Rovers.

SOUTHAMPTON have made a number of changes to their coaching and performance teams ahead of Ralph Hasenhüttl’s first full season in charge of the club.