TOM BARNDEN has been reunited with manager Chris Hughton after being appointed as Head of Sports Science at Nottingham Forest.

JURGEN KLOPP says Liverpool have hired the “number one in Germany” in new Head of Recovery and Performance Andreas Schlumberger.

TWICE-WEEKLY Covid testing for staff and players is to be reintroduced in the Championship, League One and League Two from Monday, the EFL and PFA have announced.

ROBIN SADLER has been appointed Head of Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy by Manchester United.

BLACKBURN’S Head of Athletic Performance, Chris Rush, is leaving full-time work in professional football after 15 years because “the sacrifice of the family is far too great.”

LIVERPOOL have appointed Dr Andreas Schlumberger as their new Head of Recovery and Performance.

JOHN HARTLEY has left Aston Villa after almost nine years to become Head Physio at Derby County.

THE list of backroom staff who worked under Sam Allardyce at Bolton Wanderers reads like a who’s who of football performance.

DERBY COUNTY Head of Fitness Steve Haines has left the club after 13 years as part of a restructure that followed the sacking of Phillip Cocu.

LEEDS UNITED have by far the highest sprint output in Europe this season, according to data from tracking provider SkillCorner.

STEVE SPARKS has left Southampton after a decade to become first-team physio at Manchester City.

IPSWICH TOWN Head of Athletic Performance and Sport Science Jim Henry has moved back to Scotland for personal reasons and will take on a new consultancy role for the club.