GERMAN defender Per Mertesacker is to retire as a player at the end of next season and take over as Arsenal’s Academy Manager.
GERMAN defender Per Mertesacker is to retire as a player at the end of next season and take over as Arsenal’s Academy Manager.
BOURNEMOUTH announce that long-serving Academy boss Joe Roach is staying on at the club - two months after saying he was leaving.
BLACKBURN ROVERS are confident of retaining their status as a Category One Academy, despite being relegated to League One.
The Premier League has created a new position of Elite Performance Manager to ‘support their mission of developing more and better homegrown players’.
MANCHESTER UNITED have landed a star signing for their formidable recruitment department - Juventus chief scout Javier Ribalta.
LEE DARNBROUGH has been appointed to the newly-created role of Head of Recruitment by Hull City.
ARSENAL have hired Hussein Fahmy from Team Sky to deal with their player contracts.
LEEDS UNITED have appointed Gaby Ruiz to the newly-created role of Head of European Recruitment.
A MANCHESTER start-up has launched the world’s first virtual reality talent ID and rehab system.
UKRAINIAN side Oleksandriya have been looking to sign a fast attacking player under the age of 21 - who has to be black.
MANCHESTER UNITED Under-18 coach Kieran McKenna says Academies are producing outstanding players - but admits their pathway to the first team is a big problem.
DAVID MOSS, Celtic’s former head of recruitment, is named as Huddersfield’s Head of Football Operations.