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Manchester City’s Bradley Wall has been appointed Head of Recruitment at Portsmouth. He replaces Phil Boardman, who left in February to become Senior European Scout for Everton.

Sam Jewell has officially started work at Chelsea as Director of Global Recruitment after completing a period of gardening leave at Brighton.

Did Newcastle United fail to do their due diligence on £55m signing Sandro Tonali, who has been banned this season for breaching betting rules? We asked former Scotland Yard Detective Neil Whitbread, who now helps clubs with intelligence on potential signings.

OMER RIZA has expressed his hurt at being sacked as Watford Assistant after almost six years with the club.

JAMES VAUGHAN has been promoted to the new role of Head of Academy Recruitment and Player Pathways at Everton. The 35-year-old, who made 60 appearances for the club as a player, rejoined the Blues as Loans Pathway Manager in September 2022.

SAM JEWELL has accepted a senior recruitment role at Chelsea and been placed on gardening leave by Brighton. Jewell, who is the son of former Wigan manager Paul Jewell, is expected to start work with Chelsea in November.

IPSWICH TOWN Head of Recruitment Sam Williams is leaving the club after two years to return to Manchester United.

MAX HAHN has joined West Ham United as their new Head of Technical Recruitment and Analysis, as Technical Director Tim Steidten makes his mark behind the scenes.

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

NEGOTIATIONS MANAGER Sam Barnett has left Manchester United after seven years.

HELENA COSTA, English football’s first and only female Head of Recruitment, has left Watford after less than a year.

UNION SAINT-GILLOISE are one of the smartest teams in Europe and their culture is a big reason why. Sporting Director Chris O'Loughlin tells TGG how the club scout for character.

AHEAD of the January transfer window, Brentford Technical Director Lee Dykes outlines the seven stages of the club's recruitment process.

GIANLUCA NANI has returned to Watford as Sporting Director, replacing Cristiano Giaretta.

MATTHEW LEWIS has been appointed Positional Scouting Lead by Norwich City as they continue to build out the department.

CHELSEA have hired Jeremy Leyde from West Brom to head up their new position-specific scouting department.

LUKE FEDORENKO has been promoted to Head of Academy Recruitment as part of a restructure at Manchester United.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have completed their new Academy Recruitment department following a major overhaul.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have completed their new position-specific scouting team with a number of new hires. As TGG reported in January, the Magpies have moved to the position-specific model that Technical Director Dan Ashworth implemented when he was at Brighton.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have hired Claire Burrows from Leicester City as their Academy recruitment revamp takes shape. Technical Director Dan Ashworth has made improving the club’s Academy productivity a key focus of his first year with the Magpies.

SAM STANTON is being promoted to replace Tom Stockwell as Head of Scouting Operations at Southampton. Stockwell is leaving the club after almost 12 years to join Nottingham Forest.

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.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have appointed Norwich City’s Senior First Team Performance Analyst Josh Appleyard as a Positional Analyst as they continue to upgrade their scouting and recruitment department.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have hired Arsenal’s Edward Black as their new Academy Lead Scout. Technical Director Dan Ashworth is intent on improving the Academy’s productivity and is currently leading an overhaul of their youth scouting and recruitment.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have appointed Manchester City’s Paul McLaren as their Head of National Youth Scouting for the 13s to 18s.

GUS WILLIAMS is stepping down as Blackburn Rovers’ Head of Recruitment after six months to return to the Football Association of Wales (FAW).

SAM JEWELL has been appointed Head of Recruitment at Brighton following Paul Winstanley’s move to Chelsea.

LEE SARGESON has left Brighton after almost six years to become Manager of Scouting Operations at Everton.

BIRMINGHAM CITY have plugged gaps in their backroom team by appointing Frank McParland as Head of Recruitment and Joe Carnall as Chief Scout.

BLACKBURN ROVERS have unveiled their new-look recruitment team after making three appointments in recent months.

DEAN AUSTIN has been appointed Head of Recruitment at Coventry City, replacing Chris Badlan, who was named Sporting Director at Blackpool last month.

PAUL WINSTANLEY has left Brighton after eight years to become Director of Global Talent and Transfers at Chelsea. The Blues have revamped their recruitment department following the takeover by Chairman Todd Boehly and co-controlling owner Behdad Eghbali in May.

SLAVEN BILIC has brought his long-time assistants Dean Racunica and Danilo Butorovic with him to Watford, while the club have performed a u-turn and retained Sporting Director Cristiano Giaretta.

WATFORD Sporting Director Cristiano Giaretta has left the Championship club after two years. The Italian joined in August 2020 from Bulgarian side CSKA Sofia.

CHELSEA’S Head of International Scouts, Scott McLachlan, has left the club after 11 years.

GUS WILLIAMS has been appointed as Blackburn Rovers’ new Head of Recruitment after 22 years with the Football Association of Wales.

JOE SHIELDS has left Manchester City after nine years to become Head of Senior Recruitment at Southampton.

FORMER Tottenham Head of Recruitment Brian Carey has joined Reading in the same role.

TOTTENHAM Head of Recruitment Brian Carey has left the club after six years. Carey initially joined Spurs as Senior Scout for the North West of England, before his role was expanded to Europe and then Head of Recruitment.

NEIL WHITBREAD is a former Scotland Yard Detective who is now helping football clubs do due diligence on potential signings with security and investigations solutions consultancy Silverseal.

MANCHESTER UNITED’S two most senior scouts, Jim Lawlor and Marcel Bout, have left the club after a combined 24 years.

ARSENAL manager Mikel Arteta has paid tribute to Steve Rowley and his players will wear black armbands in memory of the club's former Chief Scout during tonight’s Premier League game against Chelsea.

PETE BULMER has left Blackburn Rovers after two-and-a-half years to become Senior Scouting Manager responsible for centre backs at Brighton.

NICK HAMMOND has explained his role as a January transfer advisor for Newcastle United and said it could be the hardest window that the club’s new ownership face.

IPSWICH TOWN have hired Sam Williams from Manchester United to become their new Head Recruitment.

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.

THREE staff have left Watford with manager Claudio Ranieri, with Roy Hodgson and Ray Lewington coming in in their place.

WATFORD Head of Performance Jordi Garcia has left the club after less than four months. The Spaniard, who has previously worked for Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid, was appointed in July when his compatriot Xisco Muñoz was Head Coach.

NEW manager Claudio Ranieri has taken a trio of Italian assistants with him to Watford - assistants Paolo Benetti and Carlo Cornacchia and fitness coach Carlo Spignoli.

CLAUDIO RANIERI is set to be announced as Watford’s new Head Coach later today following the sacking of Xisco Muñoz yesterday.

JORDI GARCIA has been appointed as Head of Performance at newly-promoted Watford. The Spaniard, who has previously worked at Barcelona and Real Madrid, replaces compatriot Moises de Hoyo, who left at the end of last season for family reasons.

WATFORD Head of Performance Moises de Hoyo is leaving the club after four months after “one of the most difficult decisions in my life.”

FORMER Watford midfielder Richard Johnson has been appointed as the club’s new Academy Director, with Jimmy Gilligan taking up the role of Head of Technical Development.

WATFORD Academy Manager Richard Thomas has left the club with immediate effect after two years in post.

WHY newly-promoted Watford are the only team in England to use gpexe, an Italian GPS system developed to provide insights into metabolic output.

FILIPPO GIRALDI has admitted that Watford “are not a club that leaves the coach alone and lets him get on with the job” in his first interview since leaving his job as Technical Director at Vicarage Road.

WATFORD have made their fourth change of Head Coach and assistants in a year, with Spaniard Xisco Muñoz replacing Vladimir Ivic at the helm.

HAYDEN MULLINS has left Watford after four years to become assistant to Steve Ball at League Two Colchester United.

CRISTIANO GIARETTA has been appointed as Watford's new Sporting Director as the club continues to restructure following relegation to the Championship.

MIGUEL RIOS, Opta Pro’s Head of Football, has joined Watford to play a prominent role in their scouting and analysis operations.

DO football clubs need to change their approach to chronic pain? Richmond Stace is a specialist 'pain coach' who has worked with several teams.

GOALKEEPER Ben Foster says Watford have thrived under Nigel Pearson because the team was “crying out” for a manager and not a coach.

NIGEL PEARSON has retained Hayden Mullins and Graham Stack on his Watford coaching staff following their two games in caretaker charge of the team.

CRAIG SHAKESPEARE is to join new Watford manager Nigel Pearson as his assistant, with the rest of the new coaching staff due to be named within the next 48 hours.

WATFORD have had 10 managers in seven years, entire changes of the backroom staff and the highest turnover of players - yet it is all part of their strategy and seems to work.

FORMER Notts County assistant Richard Thomas has been appointed Academy Manager at Premier League Watford.

WATFORD manager Javi Gracia says he only shouts at his players if they are winning.

WATFORD have suspended Head of Academy Darren Sarll following allegations of bullying.

ANDY SCOTT has been promoted to Sporting Director by Watford after a year as Football Recruitment Director.

FORMER Stevenage manager Darren Sarll has been appointed Head of Academy by Watford following the resignation of Chris McGuane last month.

WATFORD are introducing a B team next season in an attempt to bridge the gap between their Academy and first team.

NEW Watford manager Javi Gracia appoints Iñigo Arteaga, Juan Solla, Jesús Casas and Zigor Aranalde as his assistants.

Richard Collinge, Watford’s former Head of Medical, has brought a discrimination case against the club, claiming he lost his job because he was English.

ALEC CHAMBERLAIN is leaving Watford after two decades as player and coach - leading their former Academy boss to say the club 'has finally given up the last piece of its soul'.

SOUTHAMPTON have lost the lowest number of days to injury so far this season, while Watford have experienced the most.

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

WATFORD haven't just appointed a new manager - they've appointed a new management team.

WATFORD are again looking for an almost an entirely new first-team coaching staff following the sacking of Walter Mazzarri.