WADE ELLIOTT has joined Stoke City's Academy as the assistant manager of the under-23s.

FOOTBALL LEAGUE teams will be required to name at least one 'club developed' in their matchday squads next season.

STUART WEBBER has been confirmed as the new Sporting Director of Norwich City.

LIVERPOOL have been banned from signing academy players from other clubs for at least a year after being found to have tapped up a 12-year-old Stoke City player and offered both him and his family inducements.

STUART WEBBER is expected to be officially named as Norwich’s new sporting director following tonight’s game at Huddersfield.

WE’VE long known about the star player. Then there was the star manager. Now we have a new phenomenon - the star sporting director - and none comes bigger than Sevilla’s Ramón Rodríguez Verdejo - or Monchi. Now the 48-year-old says he has offers to come to the Premier League this summer.

EVERTON’S academy is taking stock after a tumultuous few days that saw the unexpected departure of two senior staff.

THE often tetchy relationship between club and country seemed to reach breaking point this week, with Jurgen Klopp, Jose Mourinho and Ronald Koeman all furious about the international calendar.

CORNERS are much-maligned, with only 3.2% leading to goals, according to Opta. But Stoke City's Charlie Adam and former Aberdeen keeper David Preece, now a journalist, insist they're crucial - if practised properly.

DAVE ADAMS has been named Everton’s new Academy Head of Coaching, after leaving the same role at Swansea City.

YOU might know Phil Clarke as a former Great Britain rugby league captain and Sky pundit - now he heads up one of the biggest sports performance companies, Sports Office.

SAM ALLAYDYCE is sending his Crystal Palace players homework using an app called Pushfor - and it also allows him to track whether they’ve done it or not.