HEAD OF PERFORMANCE Bruno Mendes is one of five staff to have left Everton along with sacked manager Marco Silva, TGG understands.
HEAD OF PERFORMANCE Bruno Mendes is one of five staff to have left Everton along with sacked manager Marco Silva, TGG understands.
PEPIJN LIJNDERS has revealed how counterpressing - the foundation of Liverpool’s playing philosophy - “comes back in every exercise” at their training ground.
FORMER player Michael Gilkes has replaced Ged Roddy as Reading’s new Academy Manager.
AMAN SINGH SHERGILL has left Birmingham City after four and a half years to become Physical Performance Scientist at near rivals Aston Villa.
GED RODDY has been sacked as Reading Academy Manager after less than two years at the club, TGG understands.
MATT CROCKER, one of the driving forces behind England’s recent successes at age group level, is leaving the Football Association after six years to become Director of Football Operations at Southampton.
SPORTS stars such as Chris Froome have turned vegan after watching the Netflix sensation Game Changers. However, Dr Tom Little, the Head of Performance at Preston North End and a nutrition expert, says the science in the film is a mix of the good, the bad and the downright ugly.
MORE than 150 delegates from countries including France, Denmark, Russia and the United States attended TGG’s first Big Data Conference at Emirates Old Trafford on Friday.
STEVE HARPER has returned to Newcastle United as first-team coach to provide a link between the Academy and first team.
NEIL BATH, Chelsea’s long-serving Head of Youth Development, says the club is finally realising its 15-year dream for the Academy.
JOSE MOURINHO has chosen long-time lieutenants Carlos Lalin, Giovanni Cerra and Ricardo Formoshino to join him at Tottenham, with Joao Sacramento and Nuno Santos coming in from Lille to work with him for the first time.
LIVERPOOL'S new Elite Development Coach, Vitor Matos, explains what his role involves and how he is a 'connector' between Academy and first team.