SOUTHAMPTON Head of Sport Science and first-team fitness coach Alek Gross is leaving the club after a decade following their relegation from the Premier League.

MARK JARVIS is leaving his role as Southampton Director of Performance Support as owners Sport Republic continue their clean sweep behind the scenes. Jarvis was hired from the English Institute of Sport in August 2018 as strategic lead for their performance and medical department across men's, women's and Academy.

MANAGERS who arrive at a new club? and publicly claim their players “are not fit enough” risk being “inflammatory and dangerous”, says former Huddersfield Town and Newcastle United Head of Performance Callum Walsh.

BEN ROSENBLATT will step down as England’s Lead Physical Performance Coach after their June camp.

JURGEN KLOPP has made important changes to Liverpool's pre-season after learning some key lessons from last season.

VICANN DURING has taken over from long-standing club doctor Stephen Lewis at Brighton. Lewis, who had been with the Seagulls for eight-and-a-half years, left in January to take up the same role with Fulham.

FORMER Wolves Head of Sport Science Tom Farrow has joined Chelsea as a Physical Performance Coach.

IAN MITCHELL, England’s Head of Performance Psychology, has left his role following a technical review of the national teams by the Football Association.

FORMER Chelsea physio Jon Fearn has opened up on his “shock” departure from the club after 13 years. Following the takeover by Chairman Todd Boehly's consortium last May, there was a revamp of the medical department that resulted in Fearn getting sacked.

TONY STRUDWICK has stepped down as Wales Head of Performance after almost five years and been replaced by Nick Davies.

BRENTFORD Director of Football Phil Giles says the club’s new Robert Rowan Performance Centre, which opened in December, has “changed the perception” of the club.

FORMER England Head Chef Omar Meziane has joined Erik Ten Hag's backroom staff at Manchester United.