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LIVERPOOL’S Martin Diggle has been appointed as the new Academy Manager at Leeds United. Diggle has worked for Liverpool for almost five years as their Head of Coach Development, supporting the coaches across their Academy.

JORDAN MILES has left Aberdeen after seven months to become the new Head of Recruitment at Leeds United.

BURNLEY have appointed Shrewsbury Town’s David Longwell as their new Academy Manager.

FORMER Manchester City Head of Analysis has been appointed as one of Vincent Kompany’s assistants at Burnley.

GRETAR STEINSSON has been appointed Technical Director at Leeds United, while Adam Underwood takes on the new title of Head of Football Operations.

DANIEL FARKE has brought four of his former Norwich City staff with him to Leeds United. The German, who was appointed last week, enjoyed the most successful spell of his managerial career at Carrow Road.

MARK SERTORI has been appointed Head of Performance and Player Care by newly-promoted Burnley. The man described as 'more than a work colleague' by John Stones left Manchester City in December after more than 14 years' service.

NICK HAMMOND has been appointed interim football advisor at Leeds United - the same job he did at Newcastle United last year.

BURNLEY Head of Coaching Ian Jones is leaving the club after six years to become a Coaching Auditor with the Professional Game Academy Audit Company (PGAAC).

BURNLEY will not be returning to Category One status next season after withdrawing their application, TGG understands.

LYNDON TOMLINSON is leaving his role as Head of National Recruitment for the 12s to 16s at Leeds United to join the investment group FMCF.

VICTOR ORTA has left his role as Director of Football at Leeds United by mutual consent after six years.

LEEDS UNITED have announced Javi Gracia’s assistants, with Michael Skubala remaining in the first-team set-up following two matches as interim Head Coach.

CHRIS ARMAS has joined Leeds United, meaning Jesse Marsch now has two members of Ralf Rangnick’s Manchester United staff from last season as his assistants.

BURNLEY have reapplied to return to Category One Academy status after their demotion last year.

ENGLISH football needs to seriously consider the B team model, because top young players are simply not getting enough exposure to senior football, Leeds United Academy Manager Adam Underwood has told TGG.

LEEDS UNITED Academy Manager Adam Underwood tells TGG why so many of the club's players and staff have gone on to prominent senior roles and picks out three key themes: investment, opportunity and alignment.

MARK JACKSON has left Leeds United after seven years to become Head Coach of League One side MK Dons.

FORMER Scotland international Charlie Adam has been appointed Loans Manager and Professional Development Phase Coach at Burnley.

HEAD of Sport Science Mark Howard has left Burnley after almost a decade. He joined the club under Sean Dyche in February 2013 from nearby Blackburn Rovers.

SEAN DYCHE explains the lessons he has learned throughout his career, from being a trainee under Brian Clough at Nottingham Forest to taking unfashionable Burnley into Europe for the first time in 51 years.

BURNLEY boss Vincent Kompany has explained the reasons behind the new line markings on the training pitches at Barnfield.

AUSTRIAN René Maric has been appointed as the new Assistant Head Coach of Leeds United.

FORMER England futsal Head Coach Michael Skubala has been appointed Under-21s boss at Leeds United. He replaces Mark Jackson, who was promoted to the first-team set-up under Jesse Marsch last season

BURNLEY’S demotion to Category Two Academy status has now been confirmed. The Academy fixtures have been released to clubs and the Clarets do not feature among the Category One sides.

EWAN SHARP, who was a coach-analyst under Ralf Rangnick at Manchester last season, has been appointed as Jesse Marsch's assistant at Leeds United.

VINCENT KOMPANY has named his backroom staff at Burnley, with Craig Bellamy moving with him from Anderlecht to Turf Moor.

BURNLEY'S Academy is set to be demoted to Category Two status and West Brom's placed into 'special measures' following a meeting of the Professional Game Board last week - but Nottingham Forest have been granted a one-year Category One licence pending a further inspection by auditors.

ALEX OUZOUNOGLOU has left Burnley after a decade to become Head of Athletic Development for the Youth Development Phase (12s to 16s) at Manchester United.

BURNLEY Head Physio Alasdair Beattie has been sacked by the club after 12 years' service, along with manager Sean Dyche and three of his assistants.

BURNLEY have sacked manager Sean Dyche and his assistants Ian Woan, Steve Stone and Billy Mercer with eight games of the Premier League season remaining.

LEEDS UNITED manager Jesse Marsch says his team have the worst injury record in the Premier League because they were “over-trained” by his predecessor Marcelo Bielsa.

SEAN DYCHE says there's a habit of "just rotate and recycle" in Academy football and that he and his coaching staff have to "break" it when players progress to the senior set-up.

LEEDS UNITED Director of Football Victor Orta has made a passionate defence of the club’s policy of operating with a slimmed-down squad and suggested it will continue in future.

NEW Head Coach Jesse Marsch has announced his backroom staff at Leeds United, with Franz Schiemer, Cameron Toshack and Mark Jackson joining as his assistants.

JESSE MARSCH'S appointment as Leeds United manager is testament to Red Bull's coach development programme and pathway - and he's not the only coach in the Premier League to have benefitted.

FOUR of Marcelo Bielsa's assistants have exited Leeds United following the sacking of the Argentine manager yesterday.

BURNLEY boss Sean Dyche says players need to be careful before complaining about their welfare, because things have never been so good in terms of the support available. Is he right?

A quartet of long-standing staff have left Burnley’s Academy, while former Everton Head of Coaching Sean Lundon has arrived at the club as a Youth Development Phase coach.

PAUL JENKINS has been appointed Academy Director at Burnley, having previously served as Technical Director to owners ALK Capital since their takeover of the club in December 2020.

BURNLEY may not replace Technical Director Mike Rigg, with chairman Alan Pace admitting he is not convinced about the role or its place in the club’s organisational structure.

BURNLEY have appointed 22-year-old Connor King to the new role of Transition Goalkeeper Coach, replacing Fabian Otte, who joined Borussia Monchengladbach at the end of last season.

LONG-SERVING performance duo Ronan Kavanagh and Tom Short have left Burnley as the club continue to make changes following the takeover by ALK Capital.

FORMER Bolton and Middlesbrough defender Andrew Taylor has joined Leeds United as their second ever loans manager. He was previously first-team coach at League One Sunderland.

BURNLEY Technical Director Mike Rigg is set to leave his role after almost three years as the Clarets continue to make major changes behind the scenes following the takeover by ALK Capital last December.

BURNLEY'S Steve Stone has stepped up from the Under-23s to replace Tony Loughlan as first-team coach at the club.

BURNLEY Academy Manager Jon Pepper, who led the Clarets from Category Three to One, is leaving the club after five years.

HEADTEACHER Phil Denton spent two years with some of the top names in football management to try and discover the key characteristics of effective leaders. Here's what he learned.

BURNLEY Assistant Goalkeeping Coach Fabian Otte is leaving the club after a season to join Bundesliga side Borussia Monchengladbach.

MORE than half of Marcelo Bielsa’s first-team squad have played for their Under-23s so far this season in something of a return to the old reserve team model.

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

LEEDS UNITED have by far the highest sprint output in Europe this season, according to data from tracking provider SkillCorner.

PERFORMANCE Psychologist Tom Young, who has interviewed Sean Dyche for his new book, outlines the 12 key attributes of the former Burnley manager's leadership style.

LEEDS UNITED have promoted Under-18s Head Coach Mark Jackson to take charge of the U23s for their first season in Premier League 2.

LEEDS UNITED have been awarded Category One Academy status on what has been described as a “landmark” day for the club.

BURNLEY have been promoted to Category One Academy status, making them the 25th club in the country to reach the top ranking.

THE six clubs bidding to move up an Academy category are set to discover their fates within the next few weeks.

BURNLEY have appointed 29-year-old German Fabian Otte as assistant goalkeeper coach to act as a link between the Academy and first team.

SEAN DYCHE says “the best coaches are the best thieves” and has picked out four coaches who influenced his philosophy.

LEEDS UNITED’S players, coaching staff and senior management have volunteered to take a wage deferral for the “foreseeable future” to ensure that all 272 full-time staff at the club can continue to be paid.

BURNLEY, Crystal Palace and Leeds United will almost certainly have to wait another season to be elevated to Category 1 status, as all audits have been delayed indefinitely as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

UNDER-23 boss Steve Stone has returned to work at Burnley four months after taking an “agreed break” following bullying allegations.

GOALKEEPING COACH Craig Mawson has left Burnley after almost a decade to join Manchester United.

WYSCOUT founder Matteo Campodonico explains how he came up with the idea for the scouting and analysis platform, how clubs use it and why he believes Big Data will transform the way it is used.

SPORTING DIRECTOR Victor Orta reveals how he convinced Marcelo Bielsa to come to Yorkshire and outlines the impact that the Argentine has had at Elland Road.

LEEDS UNITED Sporting Director Victor Orta says the club’s recruitment policy is 70% human judgement and 30% data.

ENGLAND Under-21 boss Aidy Boothroyd says it is unfair to pigeon-hole Sean Dyche as a long-ball manager.

DWIGHT McNEIL has gone from 14-year-old Manchester United reject to the standard bearer for Burnley's burgeoning Academy.

TGG gets a tour of Burnley's Academy, which is on the verge of going from Category 3 to 1 inside three years.

FORMER Stoke and Derby manager Gary Rowett says he admires Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa for “thinking outside the box” and “pushing the envelope”.

LEEDS manager Marcelo Bielsa says "what makes you important when you win is the same thing that makes you useless when you lose" as far as the media is concerned.

FORMER Leeds United manager Paul Heckingbottom says he's been most intrigued by what the team do WITHOUT the ball under his successor Marcelo Bielsa this season.

NEW Burnley Technical Director Mike Rigg says manager Sean Dyche will still have the first and last say on all signings at the club.

MIKE RIGG, the former Chief Footballing Officer at Fulham, has been appointed Technical Director at Burnley.

FORMER England international Steve Stone has been appointed as Burnley Under-23 boss.

BURNLEY director Brendan Flood says the club has intentionally hired “young, hungry” managers, because they will “always give you more” than big-name ex-players.

BURNLEY co-owner Brendan Flood says the club are bringing in a Technical Director to improve their overseas recruitment.

BURNLEY are recruiting for the new role of Technical Director to support manager Sean Dyche.

ROB PRICE, Leeds United’s new Head of Medicine and Performance, says he will be looking to “push boundaries” this season.

ANDER HERRERA was a key figure in a remarkable season for Marcelo Bielsa’s Athletic Bilbao in 2011/12. He gave a brilliant insight into the beautiful, brutal world of the new Leeds manager.

JED DAVIES uncovers the coaching secrets of new Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa.

HOW a challenge in the Lake District helped Burnley's coaches develop leadership and teamwork.

LEEDS UNITED have sacked Head of Sport Science Nathan Winder, first-team coach Jamie Clapham and performance analyst Alex Bailey following the firing of manager Paul Heckingbottom, while set piece specialist Gianni Vio has not had his contract renewed.

FA Technical Director Dan Ashworth says England has lost its finest coach educator following the death of Dick Bate at the age of 71.

LEEDS UNITED Director of Football Victor Orta insists he has never signed a player without the approval of the manager.

NATHAN WINDER, the new Leeds United Head of Sport Science, got a team on a small budget to punch well above its weight at Barnsley.

NICKY LAW, Burnley’s Head of Academy Recruitment, has explained how humility is key to the club’s DNA.

THE FA laid down exactly what it means to be an England international in 2014 - and many clubs are now following suit.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have been the youngest side in the Premier League so far this season, according to analysis by Ben Mayhew of Experimental 3-6-1.

JACK CORK has given a fascinating insight into Swansea’s recruitment process, suggesting it was NOT manager Paul Clement’s decision to sell him to Burnley this summer.

LEEDS UNITED are looking for their first full-time nutritionist as they continue to beef up their backroom team under new owner Andrea Radrizzani.

LEEDS UNITED have added Italian set piece coach Gianni Vio to their staff.

BURNLEY have been awarded Category 2 Academy status, opened a £10.6m training centre and bolstered their scouting network as they try to cement their position as a Premier League outfit.

SEAN DYCHE explains how Burnley are expanding their scouting horizons as they seek to make the next step as a club.

PAUL BUTLER, Leeds United’s new assistant manager, is unusual in being a senior coach with no experience of playing pro football.

LEEDS UNITED have appointed Gaby Ruiz to the newly-created role of Head of European Recruitment.

NEIL REDFEARN was sure he was watching a future England captain as 17-year-old Lewis Cook cajoled his weary team-mates during a 4-1 defeat by Ipswich in December 2014.

LEEDS UNITED have announced Spaniard Victor Orta as their new Director of Football.

WEST BROM won the Premier League fitness title in 2016/17, with the lowest number of significant injuries and days lost to injury.

CLAUDIO RANIERI says he has not been approached by Leeds United about their vacant manager's job.

VICTOR ORTA is set to join Leeds United as their new technical director as Middlesbrough continue a complete clear-out of their backroom staff.

Ex-England striker Alan Smith reveals the truth about his acrimonious exit from Leeds, the injury that almost ended his career and why he is relishing every moment with Notts County.

NEIL REDFEARN achieved a lifelong dream by taking charge of his boyhood club. His season in charge of Leeds was memorable, though often for the wrong reasons.