MANCHESTER CITY Under-23s boss Enzo Maresca is leaving the club after only a season to become Head Coach of Italian side Parma.

LEAGUE TWO Harrogate are the latest club to enter the EPPP system after being granted Category Four Academy status.

NOTTINGHAM FOREST have been promoted to Category One Academy status for 2021/22 in what has been described as “a very important development for the long-term future of the club.”

BIRMINGHAM CITY have been awarded Category One Academy status, making them the 27th club in the country to reach the top tier.

FORMER Watford midfielder Richard Johnson has been appointed as the club’s new Academy Director, with Jimmy Gilligan taking up the role of Head of Technical Development.

ARSENAL have sacked Under-23s coach Steve Bould after two decades on the coaching staff at the club.

MANCHESTER CITY have won the Under-18s Premier League title to secure a unique hat-trick of trophies.

"If you’re not a political animal, you get swallowed up." A fascinating study reveals how change at the top of a League One club impacted staff in the Academy.

WATFORD Academy Manager Richard Thomas has left the club with immediate effect after two years in post.

MORE than half of Marcelo Bielsa’s first-team squad have played for their Under-23s so far this season in something of a return to the old reserve team model.

MANCHESTER CITY’S Under-23s have won Premier League 2 for the first time, with Pep Guardiola hailing a "fantastic achievement" by Enzo Maresca's side.

FORMER Barnsley Head of Coaching Greg Miller has been appointed as Portsmouth’s new Academy Manager.