NICKY BUTT has taken on a new Head of First Team Development role at Manchester United, with Nick Cox stepping up to replace him as Academy Manager.

ENGLAND players will need to get even fitter in order to win the next World Cup, according to Head of Team Strategy and Performance Dave Reddin.

DAVE REDDIN, the Football Association’s Head of Team Strategy and Performance, says sports science is creating a generation of players with “limited physical capabilities”.

THE new version of the world’s top performance analysis software has been launched. We got a sneak preview of it from senior analysts with Belgium and the Republic of Ireland.

HEAD OF REHAB Matt Taberner has been sacked by Everton after six years at the club.

HANNAH DINGLEY has become the first female Academy Manager in English football by taking over the role at Forest Green Rovers.

LUTON TOWN have been producing top-flight players for more than four decades - a tradition that continues today with the likes of Max Aarons and Jamal Lewis. Their former Academy Manager Gregg Broughton explains how they've done it.

FRANK LAMPARD has unveiled his Chelsea backroom team, with Chris Jones and Jody Morris joining him from Derby County.

THIS summer, the role of Head of Player Development has been in vogue, with more and more clubs appointing one. Here is why so many are focusing on the individual.

ASTON VILLA Under-18 coach David Hughes is leaving the club to become Southampton’s first Head of Academy Player Development.

ARSENAL have appointed former midfielder Edu as their first Technical Director.

FORMER Manchester United player Michael Clegg has returned to the club as strength and power coach.