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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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hiring for diversity is a business imperative and often means hiring for potential, argue Anna Edwards and David Slemen of Elite Performance Partners.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

SOME might dismiss Harry Redknapp as a hangover from a bygone age, but Ben Dirs finds the 71-year-old as passionate and thought-provoking as ever about the game he loves.

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.

FORMER Premier League footballer (and champion boxer) Curtis Woodhouse tells Ben Dirs why he's learnt so much managing Bridlington Town in the Northern Counties Premier Division.

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.

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.

DANNY CIPRIANI is one of English rugby's great talents, but hasn't started a Test for 10 years. He tells Ben Dirs about refusing to fit the mould.

FOR YEARS, the barmaid at The Borough thought the small, grey-haired chap wearing an old England rugby shirt was just another regular. She was right, up to a point.

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.

TRAINING GROUND GURU has been shortlisted for sport website of the year at the prestigious Sport Journalism Awards.

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

OUR top 10 best-read stories of 2017, ranging from Redfearn to Ranieri.

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

MARTIN EDWARDS transformed Manchester United from a club in the doldrums into a corporate juggernaut. So why doesn't he get more credit? Ben Dirs went to meet the club's unloved emperor.

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

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

Steph Curry and Danny Cipriani are enthusiastic members of the floating fraternity. We sent Ben Dirs down to Float Level in Manchester to find out what it's all about.

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.

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.