STEVE McCLAREN has ruled himself out of contention for the vacant Sporting Director role at Huddersfield Town.

SUNDERLAND have brought in Rob Mackenzie on a three-month contract as a ‘recruitment operations consultant’.

PEP GUARDIOLA has warned he is again unlikely to introduce many academy players to the Manchester City first team next season, blaming the competitiveness of the youth league they play in.

GLASGOW RANGERS have withdrawn from next season’s SPFL Development League in order to play youth games against Europe’s top clubs.

LEADING sports scientist Tim Gabbett has defended Liverpool’s approach to training after Raymond Verheijen described it as a ‘mess’.

JURGEN KLOPP says Chelsea have been ‘lucky’ with injuries this season, leading his old nemesis Raymond Verheijen to claim the German has created a ‘mess’ at Liverpool.

CLIVE BREWER has arrived at the Toronto Blue Jays via Widnes rugby league and Manchester United. He gave TGG an exclusive insight into the working of the Blue Jays' performance department.

British and Irish Lions players will set their own guidelines about drinking and social media use during this summer’s tour of New Zealand.

JEFF VETERE has become the new Director of Football at Birmingham City - where he will team up with Harry Redknapp, one of the most outspoken critics of the role.

ALAN IRVINE says it is “astonishing” that neither he nor his coaches know whether they will still be at Norwich City next season.

ARSENE WENGER has completely dismissed the possibility of working with a Director of Football as long as he is at Arsenal.

ZIGGY GORDON’S comment that coaching in Poland is ’far superior’ to what he was accustomed to in Scotland has been met with scorn in some quarters.