BREXIT has shut the door to English football for a lot of European players, but it has also opened one for the rest of the world. Dan Altman, founder of smarterscout, explains how clubs can properly evaluate players from far-flung leagues.

SUNDERLAND have dropped their £13m legal case against former Head of Medical Services and club doctor Ishtiaq Rehman, thus drawing a line under a costly saga that has gone on for four years.

THE Football Association has started the process of replacing Head of Performance Insights Kate Baker, who left the organisation in February to join UK Sport.

SUNDERLAND have made two major hires, with James Young appointed Head of Data and Analysis and Stuart Harvey as Head of Recruitment.

SHEFFIELD UNITED have announced the departure of a trio of backroom staff following the exit of manager Chris Wilder three weeks ago.

PLAYERS from Liverpool and Manchester City’s Academy and women’s teams are to wear special mouthguards during training as part of a landmark study into head injuries in football.

BRISTOL CITY are preparing to move into their new Robins High Performance Centre tomorrow.

NICKY BUTT has stepped down from his role as Head of Development at Manchester United to pursue “a new professional challenge.”

ASH HIGGINS has returned to Burnley after 18 months at Liverpool to become their Assistant Head of Coaching.

DERBY COUNTY have allowed Under-23s assistant Gary Bowyer to become temporary manager of Salford City until the end of the season.

FORMER England in-possession coach Mikey Harris has been appointed to the new position of Under-18s individual coach by Southampton.

WEST HAM manager David Moyes says his side’s renaissance has been built on becoming more “robust and energetic” - and that the next stage of their development will be to follow a “Red Bull model” of recruitment.