PLAY-OFF hero Emiliano Marcondes explains the work he did with sleep scientist Anna West that helped to get his Brentford career back on track.

WATFORD Head of Performance Moises de Hoyo is leaving the club after four months after “one of the most difficult decisions in my life.”

PHYSIO Jonny Picot is leaving Manchester United after 11 years because ”lockdown made me realise how important it is to prioritise family and lifestyle.”

TONY STRUDWICK is leaving Sheffield Wednesday after two years to become Head of Academy Performance at Arsenal.

NEWCASTLE UNITED Head of Sport Science Jamie Harley is leaving the club after 11 years for a “new challenge”.

DAVE RENNIE, who was Leicester City’s Head Physio for more than 20 years, has been appointed Head of Medical Performance at Bristol City.

ASTON VILLA have opened a new £6m High Performance Centre that takes their sports science, strength and conditioning, rehab and sports therapy to “elite 21st-Century standards”.

ANDREW ROLLS, who left Bristol City last week after three years at the club, has been appointed Director of Performance at League One Ipswich Town.

CRYSTAL PALACE Head of Sports Medicine Dr Zaf Iqbal says a landmark mid-game break that allowed two players to break their Ramadan fast showed the 'unity of football.'

BRISTOL CITY Head of Performance Andrew Rolls has left the club with immediate effect after three years.

WHY newly-promoted Watford are the only team in England to use gpexe, an Italian GPS system developed to provide insights into metabolic output.

THE story of Angus MacDonald's recovery from bowel cancer to relaunch his playing career is inspirational & uplifting. However, running in the background was a long and expensive legal battle between two of his former clubs.