Jack Cork has re-joined Burnley as a coach and over-aged player with their Under-21s.

Tony Roberts has returned to the UK after a year with AC Milan to become Head of Goalkeeping at Norwich City.

First Team Coach Steven Reid has left Nottingham Forest after his second stint with the club.

New Stoke City Head Coach Narcis Pelach has named his incoming backroom staff, with Dean Whitehead, Paul Clements and Harrison Glew joining him at the Championship club.

Liverpool have put their search for a first Set Piece Coach on hold, with Aaron Briggs taking on the duties since his arrival at the club in July.

Former Liverpool coach Jack Robinson has been appointed Head of Goalkeeping for US Soccer as the federation continue to build a strong British influence ahead of hosting the 2026 Men’s World Cup.

Charlton Athletic have unveiled a new-look first-team staff after Paul Hart stepped down as Nathan Jones’ assistant.

Ashley Cole, Joleon Lescott and Tim Dittmer have been appointed as Assistants to Interim Head Coach Lee Carsley for England’s upcoming September internationals against the Republic of Ireland and Finland.

Martyn Margetson has left his role as England Goalkeeper Coach after eight years. The Welshman joined the Three Lions in August 2016, when Sam Allardyce was manager. He stayed under Gareth Southgate and was a key part of the coaching staff that helped the side reach two Euros finals and the World Cup semi-finals.

English coaches are often regarded as reluctant travellers, but Alex Clapham continues to buck that trend. The 35-year-old Yorkshireman, who gained his Pro Licence in Spain, has been appointed First Team Coach at Borussia Dortmund after spells at Getafe and Ytterhogdals in Sweden.

Lincoln City have made a series of appointments across coaching, recruitment, analysis and loans as they restructure their football operation ahead of the new season.

Steve McClaren is leaving Manchester United after two years to become Head Coach of the Jamaica men’s national team.

Former Arsenal and Southampton Set Piece Coach Andreas Georgson has joined Erik ten Hag’s new-look backroom staff at Manchester United. The Swede is the fourth addition this summer to Erik Ten Hag’s new-look coaching staff.

Norwich City have hired Brighton’s Nick Stanley to become their new Set Piece and First Team Coach. He replaces Andrew Hughes, who left earlier this summer to work with Steve Cooper at Leicester City.

SV Darmstadt Sporting Director Paul Fernie says radical ideas like Head Coach loans are required to address a drastic lack of opportunities for English coaches.

Jon De Souza has been appointed as QPR’s first Head of Methodology, overseeing implementation of the club’s game model and coaching methodology across the Academy, men’s and women’s teams.

Adi Viveash has left his role as Assistant at Coventry City after seven “rollercoaster” years as the club instigate a major reorganisation of their first team coaching operation.

Former Republic of Ireland player and coach Keith Andrews has been appointed as the new Set Piece Coach at Brentford. The 43-year-old joins from Sheffield United, where he has been First Team Coach since December 2023.

Jack Wilson has left Manchester City to become Wolves’ first dedicated Set Piece Coach.

Rene Hake and Ruud van Nistelrooy have joined Manchester United as Assistant Managers as part of a refresh of the club's coaching staff by Erik ten Hag.

Former Manchester City and AS Monaco Coach-Analyst Aaron Briggs has joined Liverpool as First Team Individual Development Coach. He is the fourth addition to new Head Coach Arne Slot's backroom staff.

Sone Aluko has joined Kieran McKenna's Ipswich Town staff as First-Team Coach after retiring from playing this summer.

Graeme Carrick has left his role as Newcastle United Under-18s coach to join the first-team staff of brother Michael at Middlesbrough.

Middlesbrough Assistant Aaron Danks and former Leeds United number two René Maric are among the new faces on Vincent Kompany's coaching staff at Bayern Munich.

Sipke Hulshoff, Ruben Peeters and Fabian Otte have been announced as the first additions to Arne Slot's new backroom team at Liverpool.

Wycombe Wanderers have secured a deal to take over QPR’s former training ground at Harlington in West London.

New Chelsea Set Piece Coach Bernardo Cueva and Manchester City legend Yaya Toure were among those to graduate with their UEFA Pro Licence from the English Football Association last week.

Chelsea Under-21s boss Mark Robinson has left the club after two years to become Head Coach of League One Burton Albion.

Enzo Maresca has taken six staff with him from Leicester City to Chelsea, while Set Piece Coach Bernardo Cueva has also joined the club from Brentford.

After three years with AGF Aarhus in Denmark, Dave Reddington is returning home. He tells TGG about working alongside Uwe Rosler, with Roy Hodgson at Crystal Palace and about his two decades in coaching.

Liverpool’s Assistant Goalkeeper Coach Jack Robinson has left the club after six years, along with six other of Jurgen Klopp’s assistants.

New West Ham Head Coach Julen Lopetegui is bringing five staff with him to the London Stadium. The former Spain, Porto, Real Madrid, Sevilla and Wolves boss was announced as the successor to David Moyes today (May 23rd) and will officially begin work July 1st.

Eight staff have departed West Ham with David Moyes ahead of Julen Lopetegui's appointment as the club’s new Head Coach.

Mauricio Pochettino's quartet of long-time assistants have departed Chelsea along with the Argentine Head Coach.

Liverpool are advertising for their first ever specialist Set Piece Coach. Although Jurgen Klopp did use Thomas Gronnemark as a consultant throw-in coach for spells during his almost nine years at Anfield?, he didn't employ a set-piece specialist, preferring his existing staff to take care of them.

Seven staff have exited Brighton along with manager Roberto de Zerbi.

Pepijn Lijnders has been appointed Head Coach of Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg and will take Vitor Matos with him from Liverpool as Assistant.

Liverpool Goalkeeping Coach John Achterberg is leaving the club at the end of the season after 15 years.

Arsenal have already equalled the record for most goals from corners in a Premier League season - and blocking is a big reason why. Former Newcastle United Analyst looks at what they are doing and why.

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou has responded to Eric Dier’s assertion that he “really doesn't do any tactical work” in training.

Elite teams are incorporating set pieces into their overall game models. Former Newcastle United Analyst Billy Coulston explains why - and how you can do it with your team too.

BRENTFORD are advertising for a Set Piece Coach following confirmation of Bernardo Cueva’s move to Chelsea. The Mexican will join the Blues at the end of the season.

LUIS BOA MORTE will leave his role as First-Team Coach at Fulham at the end of the season to become Head Coach of West African country Guinea-Bissau.

THE sale of Reading's training ground to Wycombe Wanderers has been put on hold after it emerged that planning limitations do not allow another club to use the grounds.

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

LAST summer, Myles Smith got a call out of the blue about swapping Manchester United for Al Ittihad in Saudi Arabia. Eight months in, he says he wouldn't go back.

RENE MARIC says the most important attribute for a Bayern Munich player is ‘game insight’, as shown by the legendary Thomas Muller and young pretender Aleksandar Pavlovic.

MANCHESTER UNITED First-Team Coach Eric Ramsay has been appointed Head Coach of Minnesota United in the MLS.

NEW Head Coach Oliver Glasner has brought a quartet of Austrian assistants with him to Crystal Palace.

The Football Association has made three new Head Coach appointments in the England youth age groups, including Ben Futcher taking over the U20s on a permanent basis.

LIVERPOOL assistants Pepijn Lijnders, Peter Krawietz and Vitor Matos are to leave the club at the end of the season along with manager Jürgen Klopp. The German stunned fans this morning by announcing his decision to step down when the 2023/24 campaign comes to a close.

SOUTHAMPTON will wait until the summer to appoint a new Set Piece Coach to replace Andreas Georgson, TGG understands.

FORMER Charlton Assistant Manager Danny Senda has been banned from football for four years after touching two women inappropriately and making offensive comments to them during a Football Association coaching course last June.

ASSISTANT Manager Andrew Sparkes and Director of Player Development Eddie Niedzwiecki have been made redundant by Reading as part of ongoing cost-cutting by the club.

NUNO ESPIRITO SANTO has taken a quartet of familiar faces with him to Nottingham Forest - but not long-time assistant Ian Cathro.

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A trio of staff have left Nottingham Forest along with manager Steve Cooper, while a trio have stayed on under new boss Nuno Espirito Santo - for the moment at least.

CHRIS WILDER has brought long-time lieutenants Alan Knill and Matt Prestridge with him to Sheffield United, with Keith Andrews joining as a newcomer to his backroom staff.

HOW FC Copenhagen and their Head of Research and Development, Jes Buster Madsen, are leading the way when it comes to the application of cognitive neuroscience in football.

JAMIE ROBINSON has left his role as First-Team Coach at Nottingham Forest to set up his own coaching consultancy.

COLIN CALDERWOOD has been appointed First-Team Coach at Southampton following two-and-a-half years as Assistant Manager at Northampton Town.

WAYNE ROONEY has named Ashley Cole, John O'Shea, Carl Robinson and Pete Shuttleworth as his assistants after being named Birmingham City manager.

DARREN MOORE has named his coaching staff at Huddersfield Town after being named as the club’s new manager.

ARSENAL manager Mikel Arteta has raised the prospect of making tactical substitutions using his goalkeepers this season.

PROSTATE UNITED is back for a sixth season and is aiming to break the £500,000 barrier. The challenge was launched by Stephen Gilpin in November 2018 and brought together hundreds of football club staff to run, cycle or walk every day of the month.

JORDAN TRIBE has left Brighton after 11 years to become Coach-Analyst at Newcastle United. He succeeds Mark Leyland, who left in July after 18 months to become Head of Coaching Methodology at City Football Group.

MARK MASON has been appointed Head of Academy Goalkeeping at Arsenal following the promotion of Terry Mason to first-team duties.

FORMER Holland international John Heitinga has been appointed as an assistant at West Ham as manager David Moyes named his new-look backroom staff for 2023/24.

FORMER Notts County and Forest Green Rovers manager Ian Burchnall has joined Wolves as first-team coach.

FORMER Arsenal set piece coach Andreas Georgson has joined Southampton in the same role.

MARK ROBSON has been appointed first-team coach at West Ham after turning down the chance to become one of Gary O’Neil’s assistants at Wolves.

FORMER Chelsea and Everton assistant Joe Edwards has been named England's Under-20s boss as the development coaches for the 2023/24 international campaign are announced.

ENGLAND LIONESSES: pen pics of the coaching, performance, medical, analysis and operations staff in Australia with the World Cup finalists.

LIVERPOOL have built a new cage football pitch nicknamed the ‘Melwood Arena’ to 'create the street' and improve their attacking play.

PEP GUARDIOLA has completed his complement of assistants with the additions of the returning Juanma Lillo and Inigo Dominguez.

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SHAUN DERRY has left Crystal Palace to become Gary O’Neil’s assistant at Wolves. West Ham Under-21s Lead Mark Robson and Bournemouth first-team coach Tim Jenkins are also expected to move to Molineux.

SIX staff have left Wolves along with manager Julen Lopetegui, just nine months after arriving at the Molineux club.

NEIL CUTLER has been appointed Head of Goalkeeping at Wolves after Tony Roberts left to join AC Milan.

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

ENGLAND Under-21 boss Lee Carsley says he deploys players in terms of roles not positions. Last weekend England won the European U21 Championship for the first time since 1984 and one notable feature of their tournament was players being used in different positions to those they usually fill for their clubs.

WILLY CABALLERO has joined Enzo Maresca’s staff at Leicester City and been described as a role model for other players looking to get into coaching.

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.

FORMER Cardiff City manager Mark Hudson has joined Sheffield United in the new role of Defensive Coach ahead of their return to the Premier League.

HANNAH DINGLEY has made history by becoming the first female manager in men's professional football. Speaking at TGG's Youth Development Webinar last month, she outlined her journey.

STEVEN REID has returned to Nottingham Forest as First Team Coach after a season out as a confidence, leadership and wellbeing consultant.

LEICESTER CITY first-team coaches Mike Stowell and Adam Sadler have left the club after a combined 27 years’ service following the arrival of Enzo Maresca as Head Coach.

PEP GUARDIOLA’S assistant, Rodolfo Borrell, has left Manchester City after nine years to become Sporting Director at Austin FC in the MLS. His exit follows that of Enzo Maresca two weeks ago.

ANGE POSTECOGLOU has named his assistants at Tottenham and - perhaps uniquely - none of them have been on his staff before.

HOPE POWELL, the former England Women's Head Coach, has joined the Men’s Under-20s as a Technical Advisor for their World Cup campaign in Argentina.

KEVIN PHILLIPS has stepped down as South Shields manager after leading the side to the Northern Premier League Premier Division title.

ANTHONY BARRY has left Chelsea after almost three years to become Thomas Tuchel’s assistant at Bayern Munich.

JOHN TERRY has been named as one of Dean Smith’s assistants at Leicester City alongside Craig Shakespeare, who has returned four and a half years after being sacked by the club.

HEAD COACH Antonio Conte has departed Tottenham along with his brother Gianluca, but the rest of the Italian’s staff have remained at the club.

THOMAS TUCHEL has revealed he is hopeful of adding Chelsea’s Anthony Barry to his staff at Bayern Munich. The German, who was appointed following the surprise sacking of Julian Nagelsmann earlier this week, worked with Barry during his 20 months in charge of Chelsea.

FORMER Chelsea striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has replaced Chris Powell as one of Gareth Southgate's assistants for England's upcoming Euro 2024 campaign.

A trio of coaches have been sacked by Crystal Palace along with manager Patrick Vieira. Assistant Osian Roberts, first-team coach Kristian Wilson and Development Coach Saïd Aïgoun all arrived with the Frenchman in the summer of 2021. However, all have been sacked following a run of 12 matches without a win.

ARGENTINA star Lionel Messi has said futsal “really helped me become who I am today” and River Plate are typical of pro clubs in the country in having a futsal division. One of their former coaches, Manuel Sanchez, tells us why the sport is part of the football fabric there.

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.

CHELSEA Under-21s assistant Jon Harley has left the club after a decade to become assistant at Portsmouth.

CRYSTAL PALACE first-team coach Shaun Derry has left the club after three-and-a-half years.

NEW Everton manager Sean Dyche has taken a trio of his former Burnley staff with him to Goodison Park: Ian Woan, Steve Stone and Mark Howard.

ON November 29th, Wigan Athletic unveiled Kolo Toure as their new manager, promising a “new, exciting era” for the club. Just 59 days later he was sacked, along with assistants Kevin Betsy and Ashvir Johal, with the club having failed to win in nine games under the new regime.

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.

DARREN MOORE is the “full package” as a manager and will reach the top of the game, insists his Sheffield Wednesday first-team coach Jimmy Shan. Wednesday take on Fleetwood Town in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Saturday, having already put out giants Newcastle United in the last round.

TOTTENHAM manager Antonio Conte says the deaths of three close football friends within the last four months have led to “important reflections” and a realisation of the need to “give more time to your family and friends and also to yourself.”

AFTER 16 years as an Academy coach, Jimmy Shan embarked on a first-team career as manager at Kidderminster and then Solihull. The 44-year-old, who is now first-team coach at Sheffield Wednesday, tells TGG about his mistakes and lessons learned.

BRENTFORD first-team coach tells us the three people who have had the most influence on his career - and gives his three top tips for coaches.

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HEAD COACH Gary O'Neil has finalised his backroom staff at Bournemouth, including Neil Moss returning as Head of Goalkeeping and Tim Jenkins joining as first-team coach after a decade at Liverpool.

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

ASHVIR JOHAL has left Leicester City's Academy after eight years to become first-team coach under Kolo Toure at Wigan. It marks a remarkable rise for the 27-year-old, who is the only Asian coach on a first-team staff in the Football League.

BRIAN RIEMER has left Brentford after four years to take his first permanent role as a Head Coach, with Belgian giants Anderlecht.

AARON DANKS has been appointed as Assistant Head Coach at Middlesbrough after leaving Aston Villa, where he was first-team coach for the last year.

IN June 2021, Justin Cochrane was appointed Manchester United’s first Head of Player Development and Coaching, with a remit to “maximise the potential of each individual player". Speaking on the latest episode of the TGG Podcast, he has given a fascinating insight into how he did this with Alejandro Garnacho.

JOSE MOURINHO says he was not surprised by Germany’s defeat by Japan at the World Cup because “the team is the most important thing” in Asia, whereas “in European football there is a big focus on the individual, a big focus on egos.”

NATHAN JONES has said that Southampton’s strategy of “developing” players rather than getting them in “ready-made” is what attracted him to become their new manager.

JACK WILSON is leaving Brentford after two years to become First Team Performance Analyst for Set Pieces at Manchester City.

BRENTFORD Head Coach Thomas Frank says his goalkeeper coach was injured by one of Nottingham Forest's ground staff during an altercation ahead of their 2-2 draw in the Premier League yesterday.

ASTON VILLA have named the six staff who have come to the club with new Head Coach Unai Emery, with “further announcements to be made in due course.”

SHEFFIELD UNITED manager Paul Heckingbottom has revealed that he was “pretty sure” how West Brom would set up on Saturday after they “put a bit too much on their social media channels for us to see.”

ASTON VILLA have sacked the five staff who were brought to the club by Steven Gerrard: assistants Gary McAllister, Neil Critchley and Tom Culshaw; Head of Fitness and Conditioning Jordan Milsom; and Lead Analyst Scott Mason.

BRENTFORD have announced that their new temporary performance centre will be opened before the end of November and named in honour of their former Technical Director Robert Rowan.

BRIGHTON have confirmed Roberto De Zerbi’s backroom staff after a trio of assistants were granted work permits.

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ASSISTANT Matt Wells, goalkeeper coach Rob Burch and analyst Jonathan Hill have left Bournemouth following the dismissal of manager Scott Parker.

ALEX CLAPHAM has left his role as Southampton set-piece coach after three months due to personal reasons.

SIMON SMITH has left his role as Head of Goalkeeping at Newcastle United after seven years and the club are now compiling a shortlist for his replacement.

ENGLAND have confirmed their coaching staff for the men’s development teams ahead of the 2022/23 season, with newcomers Simon Rusk and Neil Ryan taking charge of the Under-19s and U18s respectively.

FORMER England goalkeeper Rob Green has said that Manchester United’s reliance on David De Gea is “bizarre” and illustrates muddled thinking at the club.

CERI BOWLEY has left Manchester City after three years to become first-team coach at Rangers.

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

ANDY REID has been appointed to Steve Cooper's first-team coaching staff at Nottingham Forest after 18 months as their Under-23s Head Coach.

PROFESSOR Matthias Lochmann was the driving force behind huge changes in the way that children play football in Germany. He tells TGG the story, which started with a talk by Horst Wein more than 20 years ago.

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

FORMER Blackburn Rovers striker Benni McCarthy is joining Manchester United as first-team coach with special responsibility for their strikers.

JAMIE ROBINSON has left the Football Association after 11 years to replace Steven Reid as first-team coach at Nottingham Forest.

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.

GIANNI VIO has been appointed as Tottenham’s first ever set piece coach. The Italian, 69, is a pioneer of the role and was the first specialist set piece coach in English football during his time with Brentford in 2015/16.

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

STEVEN REID has left his role as Nottingham Forest first-team coach to become a specialist “helping people improve their mental wellbeing, confidence and leadership.”

RALPH HASSENHUTTL has finalised his backroom staff for the coming season, with Alex Clapham joining from Notts County as set piece coach and Carl Martin moving up from the Under-18s to become an in-possession specialist.

FORMER QPR boss Mark Warburton has been appointed as the new assistant manager of West Ham. The 59-year-old replaces Stuart Pearce, who announced he was leaving to pursue his own managerial ambitions at the end of last season.

CARDIFF CITY boss Steve Morison has bolstered his backroom staff with the appointment of Graham Stack as Goalkeeper Coach and Patrick Wilson as Head of Performance.

ENZO MARESCA is returning to Manchester City to become Pep Guardiola’s assistant after Juanma Lillo left to become Head Coach of Al-Sadd Sports Club in Qatar.

RUBEN SELLES has been appointed First Team Lead Coach at Southampton after long-serving trio Kelvin Davis, Dave Watson and Craig Fleming were sacked by the club.

JUSTIN COCHRANE has left Manchester United after a year to become first-team coach at Brentford. The 40-year-old, who has been described as “outstanding” and perhaps “the best developer in the country”, was Head of player Development and Coaching at United.

ALLAN RUSSELL has been appointed as Norwich City’s first specialist set-piece coach. The 41-year-old worked with England as a forwards coach from 2017 to 2021 before becoming assistant manager at Aberdeen in 2021/22.

ASTON VILLA have pulled off a coup by securing Blackpool boss Neil Critchley as Michael Beale's replacement as Assistant Head Coach.

TWO senior members of Gary Rowett’s backroom staff have left Millwall following the conclusion of the 2021/22 campaign.

STUART PEARCE has stepped down from his role as West Ham's first-team coach after two years.

GOALKEEPER COACH Christophe Lollichon has left Chelsea after 15 years, while strength and conditioning coach Adam Burrows has also departed.

MANCHESTER UNITED have announced that Mitchell van der Gaag and Steve McClaren will be Erik ten Hag’s assistants at Old Trafford.

SIMON RUSK has been appointed as an England youth coach for the 2022/23 season.

ANDY DAWSON has been promoted to first-team coach at Hull City, replacing Tony Pennock, who is leaving the club after eight years.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have submitted a planning application for a revamp of their Darsley Park training ground to North Tyneside Council.

JURGEN KLOPP has paid tribute to his ‘invaluable’ assistants Pepijn Lijnders and Peter Krawietz after they joined him in signing two-year contract extensions at Liverpool to 2026.

JON DE SOUZA has been appointed as Charlton’s first Development Coach, responsible for helping first-team players to “add to their game” and Academy players to prepare for senior football.

SOUTHAMPTON have taken the highly unusual move of loaning their B team goalkeeper coach Ryan Flood to Dundee United for the remainder of the season.

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.

ENGLAND C took on Wales C in Caernarfon last night with four coaches of South Asian background on the camp.

CHELSEA first-team coach Anthony Barry has left the Republic of Ireland after a year to join Belgium ahead of the World Cup.

BLACKBURN ROVERS manager Tony Mowbray says the biggest growth area at the club during his five years in charge has been in individual development.

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.

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

KIERAN McKENNA was the subject of criticism from some sections during the latter days of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Manchester United reign, but Ipswich Town's players have been effusive in their praise of their new manager.

JODY MORRIS explains why he didn't join Frank Lampard's staff at Everton after being his assistant at Derby County and Chelsea.

NEW manager Steve Bruce has taken three staff with him to West Brom - including his son Alex.

FRANK LAMPARD has taken three staff with him to Everton - assistant Joe Edwards, first-team coaches Paul Clement and Ashley Cole, and Head of Performance Chris Jones.

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

FORWARD Sorba Thomas has become the poster boy for Huddersfield Town’s strategy of identifying rough diamonds, developing them and giving opportunities. Director of Football Operations Leigh Bromby tells TGG more.

ASTON VILLA manager Steven Gerrard paid tribute to his ‘firm’ of backroom staff following the 1-0 win against Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday.

LIAM BRAMLEY has been appointed first-team coach at Norwich City as Head Coach Dean Smith completes his backroom team for this season.

FOUR members of Everton backroom staff have lost their jobs following the sacking of manager Rafa Benitez yesterday.

JACK STERN has joined Brighton as their new Assistant Goalkeeping Coach. He replaces Casper Ankergren, who left the Seagulls after 11 years as player and coach in October to become Head of Goalkeeping at Danish side Brondby.

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EWAN SHARP has joined Ralf Rangnick’s backroom staff at Manchester United as coach/analyst.

MANCHESTER UNITED first-team coach Kieran McKenna has been appointed as the new manager at League One Ipswich Town, with United colleague Martyn Pert as his assistant.

TIM DITTMER has been promoted to become the Football Association’s new Head of Coaching - a position that has been vacant since Matt Crocker left to join Southampton in September 2019.

RALF RANGNICK has added assistant Chris Armas and psychologist Sascha Lense to his staff at Manchester United.

In Episode #33 of the TGG Podcast, Chris Ramsey MBE tells us about his role at QPR, his career journey, how he develops coaches and why the game has lost a generation of black leaders.

JUSTIN COCHRANE is destined to get a “formidable” job as an assistant or manager in the future, according to QPR Technical Director Chris Ramsey.

INTERIM Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick says he will retain the club’s current backroom staff “because I need their experience and expertise.”

BLACKBURN ROVERS boss Tony Mowbray has explained how he uses personality profiling to know “the ones who I can shout at and the ones I need to put my arm around" in his squad.

BRAZILIAN World Cup winner Claudio Taffarel is joining Liverpool’s backroom staff as they look to build their “own philosophy in goalkeeping”.

PAUL HECKINGBOTTOM has replaced Slavisa Jokanovic as manager of Sheffield United in what the club has described as a more ‘all-encompassing’ role.

MICHAEL CARRICK has taken caretaker charge of Manchester United until the club appoints an interim boss who will take the reins to the end of the season.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have confirmed that Steve Agnew and Stephen Clemence have left the club following the appointment of Eddie Howe as Head Coach.

NORWICH CITY have appointed Dean Smith as their new Head Coach, with Craig Shakespeare as his assistant.

STEVEN GERRARD has confirmed he has taken five of his Rangers staff with him to Aston Villa - but that he will also retain a trio who had worked under Dean Smith.

STEVE MORISON has been appointed permanent Cardiff City manager until the end of the season and has brought in former Bluebirds captain Mark Hudson in as his assistant.

CHRIS WILDER has take a trio of his former Sheffield United staff with him to Middlesbrough - assistant Alan Knill, sport scientist Matt Prestridge and analyst Mike Allen.

EDDIE HOWE has confirmed that he will be taking a quartet of his former Bournemouth staff with him to Newcastle United.

CRAIG SHAKESPEARE has left Aston Villa along with manager Dean Smith. He joined the club in August 2020 to add some 'Premier League experience.'

ASSISTANT Eddie Riemer, first-team coach Christopher John and Head of Performance Chris Domogalla have all departed Carrow Road along with Head Coach Daniel Farke.

TOTTENHAM have revealed the six staff who will work with new Head Coach Antonio Conte, including Ryan Mason, who took caretaker charge of the team last season.

TOTTENHAM have sacked Head Coach Nuno Espírito Santo along with his coaching staff of Ian Cathro, Rui Barbosa and Antonio Dias.

JAMES ROWBERRY has left Cardiff City after eight years to join League Two Newport County.for his first job in management.

BRENTFORD are proving themselves set-piece pioneers, even in the Premier League - and their all-out approach to corners is reaping rewards.

HOW Liverpool and Manchester City turned their full-backs into attacking playmakers, taking a previously unfashionable role to whole new level.

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.

QPR will begin work on their new training ground in Heston on Friday after the Borough of Hounslow approved planning permission for it. Costs will be partly covered by a new 'QPR Bond' inspired by Norwich City.

BRAIN injury charity Headway has described guidance on heading in training as “unclear and ill thought out” after Tottenham manager Nuno Espirito Santo admitted he had been ignoring the advice.

MANCHESTER UNITED have announced planned improvements to their Carrington Training Centre, which has been their home since 2000.

BAYERN MUNICH manager Julian Nagelsmann says electronic communication between players and coaches during matches is something “we absolutely need in football.”

WHY Euro 2020 marked the emergence of deep-lying midfielders like Italy's Jorginho as the playmakers for their teams.

FORMER Scotland captain Gary Caldwell has been appointed Loans Coach at Manchester City after his interim spell as Newcastle United’s Under-23s boss ended.

MARTYN PERT was a left-field appointment when he joined Manchester United in the summer of 2019, but says languages have been key to his ascent.

AARON DANKS has been appointed first-team coach at Aston Villa as manager Dean Smith rebuilds his backroom staff following the exit of assistants John Terry and Richard O’Kelly earlier this summer.

WEST HAM first-team coach Paul Nevin has joined Gareth Southgate’s England staff as they bid to qualify for the 2022 World Cup.

FORMER Brentford midfielder Allan Cockram, who is now Head Coach of Cambridge University's football team, is offering to give his urban soccer cages to a deserving club for free.

ENGLAND have named their new coaching set-up for the Under-17s to U20s following a number of departures this year.

ASTON VILLA boss Dean Smith has paid credit to the club’s new set pieces coach, Austin MacPhee, following the 2-0 win over Newcastle United on Saturday.

ABILITY to win 1v1 duels is arguably more important now than ever. So how are clubs coaching and developing it?

LEAGUE ONE AFC Wimbledon are trialling the use of a dedicated substitutions coach this season.

SHAUN DERRY has been promoted from Under-23s boss to first-team coach at Crystal Palace, while there have been several other changes in the Professional Development Phase at the club.

RICHARD O’KELLY has stepped down as Dean Smith’s assistant at Aston Villa just two days before the start of their Premier League campaign.

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.

A quartet of assistants have left Swansea City after new manager Russell Martin finalised his backroom staff at the club.

OSIAN ROBERTS has stepped down as Technical Director of the Moroccan Football Federation after two years to become assistant to Patrick Vieira at Crystal Palace.

LEE CARSLEY has been appointed as England’s Under-21s Head Coach, with Ashley Cole as his assistant.

WOLVES manager Bruno Lage has announced his backroom team at Molineux, bringing in six new staff.

PATRICK VIEIRA has made the first appointments to his backroom team as he looks to move Crystal Palace in a new direction.

FORMER Premier League midfielder Lee Cattermole tells TGG about his transition from player to coach.

RAFA BENITEZ has made the first two appointments to his Everton backroom team, with long-time lieutenants Paco de Miguel and Antonio Gomez returning to work alongside him.

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

VALERIEN ISMAEL has taken a trio of his former Barnsley staff with him to West Brom.

NEW Sheffield United boss Slaviša Jokanovic has made the first appointments to his backroom team, with Chema Sanz joining as first-team coach, Rafa Cristobal as Head of Performance and Marco Cesarini as Head of Medical.

CHELSEA Under-23s assistant Eric Ramsay has been appointed as Manchester United’s first set piece specialist and individual development coach.

SET PIECE specialist Nicolas Jover has left Manchester City after two years and replaced Andreas Georgson on the staff at Arsenal.

JOSE MOURINHO has assembled his backroom team at Roma, with the four assistants who left Tottenham with him in April reunited in the Italian capital.

NUNO ESPIRITO SANTO has named his backroom staff at Tottenham, with trio Ian Cathro, Rui Barbosa and Antonio Dias reunited with him from Wolves.

DAVID MOYES has beefed up his backroom team at West Ham with the return of two former assistants.

MARCO SILVA is bringing the same assistants who worked with him at Everton to Fulham, TGG understands.

NEWLY-PROMOTED SC Cambuur hope a new platform that fuses computer vision and sensor technology can help them bridge the gap with the big boys in Holland's Eredivisie.

ASSISTANT Stephen Purches, first-team coach Simon Weatherstone, Head Physio Steve Hard and goalkeeper coach Neil Moss have left Bournemouth following the arrival of Head Coach Scott Parker and his staff.

FORMER Ipswich Town first-team coach Matt Gill has joined MK Dons in the new role of Strategic and Technical Development Coach.

PORTSMOUTH own their training ground for the first time in their history after acquiring the freehold for their Hilsea facility and surrounding land from Roko health clubs.

MANISHA TAILOR has been promoted to Assistant Head of Coaching at QPR, making her the first woman and first person of South Asian heritage to hold such a role in the English game.

RHYS CARR has been an Individual Development Coach for the last four seasons - with Bristol City and then Sheffield United. He gave TGG some insights into what this important new role involves.

CRYSTAL PALACE first-team coach Dave Reddington has left the club after eight seasons to become assistant manager at AGF in Denmark.

SERGIO AGUERO has given an engraved luxury watch to every member of Manchester City’s first-team staff, as well as raffling his Range Rover, which was won by kit manager Ally Marland.

HOW the red-blue concept helped New Zealand realise their potential and win back-to-back World Cups.

ROB EDWARDS has been appointed Head Coach of Forest Green Rovers, meaning almost half of the England age group lead coaching roles are now vacant.

SIX backroom staff are leaving Wolves along with manager Nuno Espírito Santo following the end of the Premier League season.

CARLOS CUESTA is a 25-year-old who holds the Uefa Pro Licence, speaks six languages and plays a key role on the coaching staff at Arsenal.

RAY LEWINGTON will end a “long and distinguished association” with Crystal Palace when he departs along with manager Roy Hodgson at the end of the season.

ENGLAND UNDER-21 assistant Aaron Danks is leaving the Football Association after five years to become Vincent Kompany's number two with Anderlecht.

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

WHY Dundee United are investing heavily in individual development at their highly-productive Academy.

TONY WARNER is set to join Bristol Rovers as goalkeeper coach as the club rebuild their staff following a backroom cull by manager Joey Barton.

FORMER Coventry, Fleetwood and Carlisle manager Steven Pressley has been appointed Head of Individual Development at Brentford.

FORMER Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes footballers have almost reached the peak of their physical capabilities and that improving decision-making will be the next frontier for the sport.

JOSE MOURINHO has been sacked by Tottenham along with the four assistants who arrived with him at the club in November 2019 - assistant Joao Sacramento, goalkeeper coach Nuno Santos, fitness coach Carlos Lalin and tactical analyst Giovanni Cerra.

AIDY BOOTHROYD is to step down as England Under-21 boss this summer following the disappointment of their recent early exit from the Euros.

WHY playfulness has become a key part of the recovery process - and more - at Brentford.

QPR have been granted planning permission for a new training ground in Heston to house their first team, Under-23s and Academy.

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

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

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

RENOWNED coach and coach educator Brian Ashton MBE tells TGG the lessons he has learned from five decades in the profession.

SHEFFIELD UNITED have appointed an interim coaching team led by Paul Heckingbottom and Jason Tindall that will take them through to the end of the season following the exit of Chris Wilder at the weekend.

ANDY PARSLOW explains what his role as 'Restarts Coach' at League One AFC Wimbledon entails.

MANCHESTER CITY have played more backwards passes than any other side in Europe so far this season, debunking the theory that this is a negative ploy.

CHELSEA first-team coach Anthony Barry has been appointed assistant to Stephen Kenny with the Republic of Ireland.

RADHI JAIDI has left Southampton after more than a decade to become assistant manager at Belgian side Cercle Brugge.

ANTHONY BARRY has committed to staying at Chelsea under Thomas Tuchel after turning down the manager’s job at League One Fleetwood Town.

GRAEME JONES has left Bournemouth after five months to become assistant manager at boyhood club Newcastle United.

PROFESSOR Geir Jordet explains why it's not just frequency but also timing that's important when it comes to scanning.

FORMER Manchester United player Darren Fletcher has been appointed as a first-team coach by the club.

MENTAL skills techniques developed by Gazing Performance are used by elite outfits including the New Zealand All Blacks and Royal Gurkhas. Now, thanks to a new tailored programme, they're being made available to all.

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN have given long-term contracts to Head Coach Carlos Corberán and his two assistants, while Danny Schofield has been promoted from B team boss to first-team coach.

OUR 10 most popular stories of a year like no other.

LEICESTER CITY will train at their new £95m training ground in Seagrave for the the first time on Christmas Eve.

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

ROBBIE STOCKDALE and James Morrison have joined Sam Allardyce's staff at West Brom as first-team coaches.

NEW Sheffield Wednesday manager Tony Pulis has appointed Mike Trusson as his assistant and Craig Gardner as first-team coach at Hillsborough.

DERBY COUNTY have named a coaching quartet to take interim charge of the club following the sacking of Phillip Cocu on Saturday.

ARSENAL Under-16s coach Dan Micciche says his late cousin Gus Grieco taught him “anything is possible on a football pitch” by painting astonishing pictures with his mouth.

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY have sacked Garry Monk and his quartet of assistants - just three months after the club allowed him to bring them back together.

EVERTON assistant Davide Ancelotti was the guest on episode #19 of the TGG Podcast. The 31-year-old talked about growing up with a famous father, gave insights into his role, explained why Dominic Calvert-Lewin was "the best striker we could have" and opened up about his own managerial ambitions.

LIVERPOOL will move into their new £50m training centre in Kirkby in mid to late November, the club have announced.

WEST HAM'S Paul Nevin says just nine of the 240 managers in Premier League history have been black, representing a 'complete under-representation'. Having more role models is part of the solution, he argues.

SYDNEY UNITED are a semi-professional side with an elite ability to produce goalkeepers, including Mark Bosnich and Zjelko Kalac.

GOALKEEPER coach Anthony White is leaving Bournemouth after four-and-a-half years to join the Football Association.

LEE CARSLEY has been named England Under-20s coach as the Football Association announced its coaching appointments for the 2020/21 season.

THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION has confirmed it will no longer fund the elite England Futsal teams and will “significantly reduce” funding for the grassroots sport from this season onwards.

NOTTINGHAM FOREST Under-23 coach Chris Cohen has been appointed first-team coach at Luton Town.

THE Football Association has scrapped its system of specialist coaches, leading to Richard Kyle and Mikey Harris being made redundant.

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

ARSENAL have announced that Carlos Cuesta, Andreas Georgson and Miguel Molina are joining the club as assistants to Head Coach Mikel Arteta.

ANTHONY BARRY has been appointed first-team coach at Chelsea after three years with Wigan Athletic.

FREDDIE LJUNGBERG is stepping down as Arsenal assistant to pursue his ambitions as a manager.

NEW Birmingham City manager Aitor Karanka has named his seven-strong backroom team at St Andrews, including younger brother David as assistant.

WEST HAM owners David Sullivan and David Gold have allowed manager David Moyes to bring back Stuart Pearce as his assistant - eight months after blocking the appointment.

GARRY MONK has been reunited with his two long-term lieutenants - assistant James Beattie and goalkeeping coach Darryl Flahavan - at Sheffield Wednesday.

BRISTOL CITY have sacked Assistant Manager Jamie McAllister, Head of Analysis Sam Stanton and Senior Analyst Luke Coles following the appointment of a new managerial team earlier this week.

NEW Huddersfield Town Head Coach Carlos Corberán has chosen fellow Spaniards Jorge Alarcón and Narcís Pèlach as his assistants, with Linas Treigys appointed performance analyst.

CRAIG SHAKESPEARE has been appointed assistant manager by Aston Villa as the club looks to add “Premier League know-how” ahead of the 2020/21 season.

FORMER Tottenham captain Ledley King has been appointed as one of Jose Mourinho’s assistants at the club.

MATT McGINN set out to discover why Iceland produces more pros per capita than any other European nation, while also punching above its weight on the international stage.

DAVID COLES, who has coached with Southampton, Portsmouth, Bristol City and England during a career spanning more than two decades, tells us about the past, present and future of goalkeeping in this country.

THE Premier League and PFA are funding a new coach placement scheme aimed at increasing the number of BAME players moving into full-time coaching roles in the professional game.

MANCHESTER CITY have appointed Juan Manuel Lillo - described by Pep Guardiola as “the best coach I ever had” - as the club’s new assistant manager.

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

PREMIER LEAGUE clubs resumed contact training yesterday, with Championship sides due to follow suit from next Tuesday. All have been aided by detailed guidance on permitted drills from the Premier League's Football Department.

PREMIER LEAGUE clubs have voted unanimously to resume full contact training, which is Stage Two of Project Restart.

FORMER Ireland winger Andrew Trimble got so frustrated with poor team scheduling and communication that he created a solution of his own, which is now being adopted by teams including Stoke City.

CHAMPIONSHIP clubs will begin training in small groups from Monday, although League One and Two will have to wait in the absence of a testing programme in those divisions.

PREMIER LEAGUE teams embarked on phase one of Project Restart today - training in small groups with social distancing and no tackling. Here's the lowdown on what that involved.

AUSTRIAN league leaders LASK Linz could face a points deduction after being accused of breaking rules about training in small groups during the coronavirus pandemic.

LUTON TOWN have sacked Head Coach Graeme Jones and three of his assistants in “an early move to restructure” because of the coronavirus pandemic.

IRELAND rugby coach Andy Farrell says the most important thing for any coach is how they make players feel.

FURLOUGH now seems to be a key part of the football lexicon. Why have only staff and not players been furloughed so far though?

RENOWNED performance coach Dave Alred MBE explains why a fear of failure is holding so many people back from realising their potential.

EVERTON have confirmed the appointment of five more Italian staff to Carlo Ancelotti’s backroom team.

WOLVES manager Nuno Espírito Santo has explained why he doesn't hand out fines to players, preferring instead to let them take responsibility for their own actions.

IN 2011, the Football Association invited 16 of the brightest young English coaches to take part in a new Elite Coaches Course. It was disbanded after 18 months, meaning they are the only coaches to hold the award. We set out to discover what they're doing now.

BLACKBURN have been one of the surprise packages of the Championship season so far - and 35-year-old Stewart Downing has been their talisman. He tells TGG about the astute management of Tony Mowbray and how it's helped prolong his career.

IN the latest edition of the Training Ground Guru Podcast, Stewart Downing talked about 10 key coaches in his career - from his earliest days at Marton Juniors through to Liverpool, England and now Blackburn Rovers.

FORMER West Ham captain Kevin Nolan and ex-Brighton assistant Paul Nevin have been appointed as first-team coaches by the Hammers.

WAS Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta justified in blaming the length of the Turf Moor grass for his side's 0-0 draw at Burnley?

ARSENE WENGER, Fifa’s new Head of Global Football Development, has launched a Talent Development Programme designed to close the gap between Europe and the rest of the world.

EDDIE NEWTON has left Chelsea after seven years to become assistant manager at Turkish side Trabzonspor.

FORMER Barnsley assistant Dale Tonge reflects on 12 months that encompassed elevation from the U16s to the first team, promotion and the sack.

DAVIDE ANCELOTTI may be the youngest assistant manager in the Premier League, but he already has a CV few others can match.

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

NEW manager Mikel Arteta has named his coaching staff at Arsenal, with assistants Steve Round and Albert Stuivenberg, and keeper coach Inaki Cana Pavon joining the club.

WE'VE been through our analytics to work out TGG's top 10 best-read stories of 2019.

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

BELGIUM’S 'golden generation' will take their coaching badges while on international duty under a pioneering scheme introduced by the Red Devils.

The Football Association has decided not to bring charges against former Crystal Palace Head of Coaching David Muir, who resigned in March following allegations he made a racial comment while on a Premier League course last year.

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.

TRAINING GROUND GURU is launching a new jobs section, aimed at showcasing the best opportunities in coaching, performance, medical and analysis available in professional football.

PEPIJN LIJNDERS has revealed how counterpressing - the foundation of Liverpool’s playing philosophy - “comes back in every exercise” at their training ground.

MATT CROCKER, one of the driving forces behind England’s recent successes at age group level, is leaving the Football Association after six years to become Director of Football Operations at Southampton.

STEVE HARPER has returned to Newcastle United as first-team coach to provide a link between the Academy and first team.

JOSE MOURINHO has chosen long-time lieutenants Carlos Lalin, Giovanni Cerra and Ricardo Formoshino to join him at Tottenham, with Joao Sacramento and Nuno Santos coming in from Lille to work with him for the first time.

MANCHESTER CITY had one significant weakness last season - which is why they hired set piece specialist Nicolas Jover from Brentford.

JIMMY SHAN looks back on his 13 years at West Brom, which took him from the Under-7s to first-team manager.

NATASHA PATEL, Southampton’s Head of Performance Analysis, has left the club after eight years to join the New York Red Bulls.

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

BOURNEMOUTH have had revised plans for a new multi-million pound training complex unanimously approved by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.

ENGLAND Under-21 boss Aidy Boothroyd has told TGG that new Manchester United assistant Martyn Pert is “a great example for any young aspiring coach”.

VITOR MATOS, 31, takes up the position previously held by Pepijn Lijnders, who left Liverpool for NEC Nijmegen in January 2018 and returned six months later as assistant manager.

NEW Manchester United assistant Martyn Pert went to remarkable lengths to pursue his dream of a career as a coach, including living in a tent as he travelled Europe and visiting Marcelo Bielsa's home in Argentina.

WORLD-CUP WINNING coach Jill Ellis says she refers to players on the bench as “gamechangers” not reserves.

FORMER Wales Head of Performance Ryland Morgans has been appointed as a technical coach by Championship side Luton Town.

BRENTFORD have appointed Swede Andreas Georgson to the new role of Head of Set Pieces and Individual Development.

FORMER Bristol City coach Rhys Carr has been appointed to the new role of Individual Development Coach by Premier League newcomers Sheffield United.

FORMER Charlton and Southend manager Chris Powell has joined Gareth’s Southgate’s coaching staff until Euro 2020 as part of the Football Association’s BAME placement scheme.

IAN FOSTER has been promoted to England Under-18 boss as the Football Association announced its coaching line-up for the coming season.

AUSTRALIAN Andrew Meredith has left German side St Pauli to take up a new position as Analysis Operations Manager at Manchester United.

LA-based Second Spectrum, who describe themselves as the “world leader in building machines that understand sports”, begin their tracking contract with the Premier League tonight.

SOUTHAMPTON manager Ralph Hassenhuttl has lost the only member of staff he brought with him to the club in December 2018.

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS firm Hudl has bought scouting platform Wyscout, creating “the most comprehensive football video analysis, data and recruitment platform in the industry”.

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.

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.

DAMIEN JOHNSON has been promoted from Under-23s boss to the new role of first team Technical Coach and Head of Player Development by Blackburn Rovers.

SOUTHAMPTON have made a number of changes to their coaching and performance teams ahead of Ralph Hasenhüttl’s first full season in charge of the club.

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND Women’s Manager Colin Bell has been appointed assistant at Huddersfield Town.

JIMMY SHAN has ended his 13-year association with West Brom to pursue his managerial ambitions.

RICHARD HARTIS has left the Football Association to become senior goalkeeping coach at Manchester United.

MANCHESTER CITY are advertising for their first dedicated data scientist to work with Pep Guardiola's team.

FREDDIE LJUNGBERG and Steve Bould have swapped jobs at Arsenal, with the Swede becoming assistant manager and the long-serving Englishman taking on the club’s U23s.

LIVERPOOL manager Jurgen Klopp has paid tribute to his new-look backroom team and ‘the details that make it all’ ahead of next Saturday’s Champions League final against Tottenham in Madrid.

WHEN the Under-20 World Cup kicks off tomorrow afternoon in Poland, just one man will be carrying the flag for English coaches: New Zealand boss Des Buckingham.

ASSISTANT MANAGER Christoph Buhler has officially left Huddersfield Town and will now re-join former Terriers manager David Wagner at Bundesliga side Schalke.

OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER has confirmed that Michael Carrick, Kieran McKenna and Mark Dempsey will remain on his Manchester United coaching staff next season.

ASSISTANT manager Paul Trollope and first team coach Paul Nevin have been sacked along with Chris Hughton at Brighton.

ALL Belgian Pro League teams are getting free 4k cameras and cutting-edge analysis software as part of a groundbreaking deal that national manager Roberto Martinez believes will give the country “a head start over the competition”.

MANCHESTER UNITED have made Mike Phelan permanent assistant manager on a three-year contract.

GARY NEVILLE says Manchester United's players must dramatically improve their running off the ball if the team is to mount a title challenge next season.

LUKE BENSTEAD, Head of Performance Analysis and Innovation for the Belgian Football Association, tells us what his job entails and how he dovetails with manager Roberto Martinez.

COVENTRY CITY legend Steve Ogrizovic is retiring at the end of the season after 35 years at the club.

WE asked Manchester United first-team coach Rene Meulensteen - who worked with Paul Pogba at Old Trafford - whether criticism of the French midfielder is warranted.

WEST BROM caretaker manager Jimmy Shan has completed his backroom team by bringing in Michael Appleton and Steven Reid as coaches.

ENGLAND Rugby is introducing a mandatory 'Half Game' rule requiring all clubs, schools and colleges to give every player in a matchday squad at least 50% playing time.

MARK CURTIS has been promoted to senior analyst at Arsenal as part of a revamp of the department.

WEST BROM caretaker manager James Shan charts his amazing 13-year journey from Under-7s coach at the club to first-team boss.

WHY more and more clubs are switching onto the idea of cage football as they seek to revive the spirit of street soccer.

THERE'S mounting evidence that the brain doesn't fully develop until the mid-20s. Do coaches need to be aware of this when they work with young players?

STEVE HARPER has succeeded Maik Taylor as Northern Ireland's goalkeeper coach.

ARSENE WENGER says a top player has a “head like a radar” and that more work needs to be done on perception and decision making at young ages.

TOTTENHAM Under-18s coach Matt Wells has left the club to become first-team coach at Fulham.

BIRMINGHAM have enjoyed a dramatic resurgence since Garry Monk arrived at the club - and set pieces have been key. Josh Schneider-Weiler went to meet mastermind Pep Clotet to find out more.

A TACTICAL transformation has underpinned Manchester United's renaissance under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. David Adams explains a 4-4-2 diamond has liberated the club's best players.

BRENDAN RODGERS has taken Glen Driscoll, Chris Davies and Kolo Toure with him from Celtic to form part of the backroom staff at Leicester City.

FORMER Scotland international Lee McCulloch is now strikers coach with Dundee United. He told TGG about about his unusual job, holistic coaching, the psyche of the modern player and his Sporting Director studies.

ADAM SADLER, who was Leicester City’s tactical analyst just eight months ago, has been put in temporary charge of first-team affairs at the club along with goalkeeper coach Mike Stowell.

FORMER Bristol Rovers manager Darrell Clarke says British managers do not get opportunities at the top level because foreign bosses are “put on a massive pedestal”.

BRENTFORD co-Director of Football Rasmus Ankersen says the club invests in specialist coaches to increase the value of their "assets" instead of paying big wages for players.

GERMANY will emphasise small-sided games and the spirit of the streets as they attempt to reverse the recent decline of their national teams.

FORMER Manchester United Under-18 coach Paul McGuinness shares his memories of mentor Eric Harrison, who has died at the age of 81.

ALBERTO MENDEZ-VILLANUEVA, who taught Eddie Jones about Tactical Periodisation, tells TGG about a concept used by many of the world's top coaches.

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN have triggered a buy-out clause in the contract of Barnsley assistant Andreas Winkler to bring him to the club.

LIVERPOOL assistant Zeljko Buvac has now officially left the club - more than eight months after walking out on the eve of their Champions League semi-final against Roma.

FORMER Newcastle United goalkeeper Steve Harper, now a lead Academy coach at the club, tells TGG how life has changed for the men between the posts.

NEW Stoke City manager Nathan Jones has brought Joaquin Gomez and Jared Roberts-Smith with him from Luton to bolster his backroom team at the bet365 Stadium.

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.

FROM Bielsa to Belgium: our top 10 best-read stories of 2018.

WE would like to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and prosperous New Year and thank you for your interest and support in 2018.

PREMIER LEAGUE footballers Tom Heaton and Ben Mee were among the attendees at TGG's second Cohesive Coaching event in Manchester.

THE Brazilian duo are the undisputed kings of free kick taking, according to ball-striking expert Bartek Sylwestrzak.

BARTEK SYLWESTRZAK, football's only full-time ball striking coach, explains why we're missing a trick by neglecting this most fundamental skill.

HUGO FARIA has joined Bournemouth as first-team assistant coach, while Carl Fletcher has taken up the new role of loans manager.

FORMER Blackburn manager Gary Bowyer believes Ben Marshall still has a big part to play in Norwich’s promotion push this season.

PAUL LAMBERT has been appointed Ipswich Town manager and taken Stuart Taylor, Jim Henry and Matt Gill with him as assistants.

FRANCE went against footballing fashion to win the 2018 World Cup. Former Middlesbrough first-team coach David Adams looks at some of the tactical take-homes from Russia.

THE arrival of tablets on the bench during matches should revolutionise the way managers and coaches do their jobs. Here's why...

KIERON DYER says he was “blown away” by the quality of England Under-20s’ training after spending a week working with the team.

LEICESTER CITY have secured planning permission for what they hope will become “the best training centre in Europe”.

BOURNEMOUTH have shelved plans to build a new multi-million pound training ground at Canford Magna golf club.

BRIGHTON first-team coach Paul Nevin says he is delighted to be invited into the “inner sanctum” of the England team as part of a BAME placement set up by the Football Association.

ROSS BARKLEY says he had not “been coached much” before working with Maurizio Sarri and that his development stalled once he began playing first-team football.

THERE’S one table in which Manchester United have continually improved and challenged for top spot under Jose Mourinho: that of tallest team.

DAVE REDDINGTON has been promoted to first-team coach as Crystal Palace make a number of changes to their backroom set-up.

FOLLOWING the success of our first Cohesive Coaching event in June, we decided to put on a sequel.

LIVERPOOL have appointed Jack Robinson as their new first-team goalkeeper coach to assist John Achterberg.

COLIN COOPER has been sacked as assistant manager of the England Under-21s after almost two-and-a-half years in the role.

FORMER Exeter City manager Paul Tisdale says England rejected Chelsea star Ethan Ampadu because he “takes too few touches”.

STEVEN REID has stepped down as first-team coach at Crystal Palace after just a year because of “personal reasons”.

THE newest member of Liverpool's coaching staff explains his craft.

THIS season the NFL will share comprehensive player-tracking data with all of its teams, heralding a new era of data analysis.

A PITCH at St George’s Park has been dedicated to Dick Bate in memory of a figure who "helped thousands become better coaches".

MANCHESTER CITY analyst Richard Bredice says he expects the introduction of electronic devices into the technical area to create “huge controversy” this season.

THE trade in backroom staff in the Premier League has almost outpaced the turnover of players this summer.

CHELSEA manager Maurizio Sarri has confirmed his backroom staff following an exodus from the club this summer.

WHY are there just only English managers in the Premier League, when all but one of the bosses in Serie A is Italian?

GRAEME JONES has ended an 11-year spell as Roberto Martinez’s assistant to team up with close friend Darren Moore at West Brom.

MIDDLESBROUGH have settled their High Court claims against both Birmingham City and Garry Monk’s backroom staff.

FORMER England rugby coach Brian Ashton says players are sport's great innovators - if coaches give them the chance.

COACH Pedro Mendonca, who has written a book on Maurizio Sarri, discusses the philosophy and tactics of Chelsea's new manager.

BOURNEMOUTH have released Football Operations Manager John Yems after almost six years at the club.

PETERBOROUGH UNITED chairman Darragh MacAnthony has hit back at Danny Lloyd’s claim he was earning “absolute peanuts” at the club - revealing the midfielder was on more than £80,000 a year in his first season in pro league football.

TGG's first live event, Cohesive Coaching, has been described as “a rare opportunity for world-class practitioners to share ideas”.

FULHAM have appointed former captain Scott Parker as their new first-team coach.

IAN CATHRO has been reunited with mentor Nuno Espirito Santo after being appointed as first-team coach at Wolves.

LEICESTER CITY have promoted tactical analyst Adam Sadler to first-team coach as part of a restructure that has seen assistant Michael Appleton leave the club.

DERBY manager Frank Lampard has appointed Chris Jones, Shay Given and Stephen Rands to his new-look backroom staff.

FORMER England Under-16 coach Dan Micciche explains how the national team changed style and perceptions.

NEW Stoke boss Gary Rowett has taken five of his key Derby County lieutenants with him to the Potteries - and added St Johnstone assistant manager Callum Davidson.

BLACKBURN U23 boss Damien Johnson explains how technology has transformed the way he coaches and empowered his players.

DOZENS of coaches from a variety of sports and organisations - including a number of Premier League clubs - packed into Training Ground Guru’s first live event last week.

HEAD COACH Unai Emery has taken five of his long-time assistants with him to Arsenal - while first-team coach Jens Lehmann has exited the club after less than a year.

JAMES SHAN has been named first-team coach at West Brom - 12 years after joining the club as Under-7s coach.

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.

DELE ALLI and his mentor, Dan Micciche, chart his progress from the Heelands Courts in Milton Keynes to becoming a key player for England at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

THERE is just a week to go to Cohesive Coaching - an exclusive half-day event in Manchester featuring Brian Ashton, Dan Micciche, Tony Strudwick and Martin Fairn - and all tickets have now been sold.

PEPIJN LIJNDERS has returned to Liverpool after six months as head coach of NEC Nijmegen in Holland.

COULD England finally win a penalty shoot-out at the World Cup this summer? Noises from the England camp seem positive so far, explains author Ben Lyttleton.

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.

NEW Everton manager Marco Silva has brought his familiar quartet of assistants - Goncalo Pedro, João Pedro Sousa, Hugo Oliveira and Antonis Lemonakis - with him to Goodison.

FORMER Olympic sprinter Craig Pickering knows what it's like to make a massive mistake in front of a global audience. He offers Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius some advice about the road to redemption.

NEW Arsenal boss Unai Emery will bring his long-time assistant Juan Carlos Carcedo and goalkeeping coach Javi Garcia with him to the Emirates.

MANCHESTER UNITED Under-18 boss Kieran McKenna has been promoted to become one of Jose Mourinho’s assistants with the first team.

Fifa confirmed the use of electronic devices on the bench at the World Cup, but there is still confusion about exactly what's allowed and who will police it.

LAPTOPS and tablets will appear on the bench for the first time at this summer’s World Cup as tactical analysts comes out into the open.

STEVEN GERRARD is set to be announced as Rangers manager this afternoon - and is expected to take members of his current Liverpool Under-18s backroom staff with him to Ibrox.

LIVERPOOL assistant manager Zeljko Buvac has stepped down from his position and his future at the club is uncertain.

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

A three-time Serie A defender of the year, a keeper honoured as the world’s best on five occasions and a European Golden Boot winner feature in our team of players who are available for free this summer.

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.

THERE are five managers in their thirties in the Bundesliga, led by Schalke's Domenico Tedesco. In England, there are none.

JUSTIN COCHRANE thanked Chris Ramsey for inspiring him to become a coach after landing the England Under-15 job.

RENOWNED youth coach Dermot Drummy took his own life six months after losing the manager's job at Crawley Town, an inquest has heard.

THE half spaces have become football's most fertile ground thanks to Pep Guardiola and Manchester City. Here's why.

LIVERPOOL defender Dejan Lovren says manager Jurgen Klopp demands a front-foot style from his defenders that has risks but even more rewards.

ENGLAND Under-17 coach Steve Cooper has revealed the behind-the-scenes work that led to their World Cup win last October.

JESS IBROM'S determination to further his coaching career took him to the Cook Islands, a country of 17,000 people and seven football clubs, where he had a truly unique experience.

AFTER crashing out of Euro 2000 in the first round, Belgium implemented a coaching revolution that took them to the top of the world. Kris Van der Haegen explains how they did it.

SCOTLAND manager Alex McLeish has appointed Peter Grant and James McFadden as his assistants and Stevie Woods as his goalkeeping coach.

ONE-ON-ONE skills sessions with Saul Isaksson-Hurst were key to Marcus McGuane's progress this season.

NEW Birmingham boss Garry Monk has been reunited with assistant Pep Clotet after assembling the same backroom staff he had at Leeds United.

NEWCASTLE UNITED are this season's corner kings in the Premier League, while Brighton and Burnley are yet to score a single goal from this particular set piece.

WE’RE excited to announce the first TGG Live, led by the highly-respected former England rugby head coach Brian Ashton.

LEICESTER CITY have announced plans for a new £80m training centre “to rival the very best in the UK”.

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

DAN MICCICHE, the former England Under-16 coach, has been appointed manager of MK Dons and vowed to produce an "attacking, creative and expressive" team.

TOO often, fitness staff and coaches are the victims when a manager loses his job. We're also seeing a narrowing of chances for British staff. TGG is calling for a change of approach.

MICHAEL CARRICK will become a first-team coach at Manchester United at the end of the season, according to manager Jose Mourinho.

NEIL CUTLER, 41, joined Walsall in 2013 as goalkeeping coach before becoming one of Jon Whitney's assistants when he took charge in 2016.

SECRETARY OF STATE Sajid Javid chooses not to call in plans for a new £10m training complex at the former Canford Magna Golf Club.

DANNY MURPHY says some England coaches have been appointed because of a “jobs-for-the-boys” culture and that the path into management is too “restrictive” for ex-players.

MANCHESTER CITY have hired video analyst Piet Cremers after he impressed during his 18 month spell with partner club NAC Breda.

NEW Middlesbrough manager Tony Pulis promotes Jonathan Woodgate from U18 to first-team coach to help him fast-track homegrown players at the club.

STEVE BROWN has been appointed as Head of Coaching by MK Dons after being made redundant by the Football Association.

LIVERPOOL Development Coach Pepijn Lijnders - described as ‘unbelievably important’ by manager Jurgen Klopp - is leaving immediately to become head coach of NEC Nijmegen in Holland.

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.

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

NICK LEVETT has been appointed Head of Talent and Performance by UK Coaching after being made redundant by the Football Association.

WE would like to wish all our readers and subscribers a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

BRISTOL CITY manager Lee Johnson says the use of technology is crucial to getting buy-in from his players.

DARREN MOORE is to to continue as Alan Pardew’s first team coach until the end of the season.

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'.

BOURNEMOUTH have had plans for a new multi-million pound training complex approved by Poole Council.

BRISTOL CITY have submitted formal planning permission for new training facilities to “enhance the pathway from Academy to first team".

EVERTON legend Joe Royle leaves his role as Professional Development Co-ordinator at the club, while new boss Sam Allardyce is looking to bring in a psychologist.

THE Wales and Everton Head of Performance tells us how and why he uses Tactical Periodisation.

RANGERS caretaker manager Graeme Murty tells us how the club uses Tactical Periodisation.

JURGEN KLOPP has praised Liverpool’s analysts after Philippe Coutinho’s clever free-kick goal against Brighton.

SET PIECES have been key to Chris Wilder's success at Northampton and now Sheffield United. Analyst Oli Walker went into forensic detail to discover why they have been such an effective weapon.

CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN has highlighted the role Dennis Bergkamp played in his development when he was at Ajax.

RANGERS caretaker manager Graeme Murty says the club’s focus on youth is beginning to pay dividends for the first team.

BRUCE SURACI has been promoted to Academy Head of Coaching and Development by Bournemouth.

WALES take on France in the Stade de France tomorrow night. Their Head of Performance, Ryland Morgans, gave TGG an exclusive insight into what goes on in the week prior to a game.

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

WEST BROM are the tallest side in the Premier League this season, with Manchester City the smallest.

FORMER Manchester United Under-18 coach Paul McGuinness has been appointed National Coach Developer by the Football Association.

MANCHESTER UNITED have become the first professional team in the world to incorporate an elite-level virtual reality system into their training.

NORWICH CITY legend Darren Huckerby has been sacked as the club’s Under-23 assistant following a review of staffing and practices in the Academy.

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.

SIR ALEX FERGUSON says his experience with Paul Scholes proved to him that developing talent was more important than size.

AZ ALKMAAR have built a ‘Performance Playground’ to evoke the spirit of street football at their Academy.

SEOUL E-LAND assistant Dan Harris tells us about the footballing culture in his new homeland - as well as the challenges of working next to one of the most heavily armed borders on the planet.

STEVEN REID says his connection with the players will be crucial as he takes up his new job as first-team coach at Crystal Palace.

MICHAEL BEALE has returned to Liverpool as head of coaching for the foundation phase at the Kirkby Academy.

SAMMY LEE, Ryland Morgans and Orlando Trustfull have left Crystal Palace following the arrival of Roy Hodgson as manager.

STEVE WEAVER has been appointed as the new Head of Academy at Norwich - but his arrival has not been officially announced because of the terms of Stuart Webber’s departure from Huddersfield.

SAM ALLARDYCE says struggling teams like Crystal Palace do not spend enough time practising how to play without the ball.

EDDIE JONES' Q&A at Soccerex was as intense and stimulating as one of the his coaching sessions. Read and listen to it here.

ENGLAND rugby coach Eddie Jones created back-page news with his superb session at the Soccerex conference this week.

JORDI CRUYFF insists Pep Guardiola is still continuing his father’s legacy despite his record with homegrown players at Manchester City.

RENE MEULENSTEEN worked with Manchester United's Academy for six years, helping develop talents including Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingaard. He told us about his methods and philosophy.

ANY goalkeeper in the world would make mistakes for Liverpool because of their attacking style of play, according to Reds coach John Achterberg.

LIVERPOOL legend Steven Gerrard says coaching is completely different to playing and that stars who expect top jobs are “cutting corners”.

RENE MEULENSTEEN was tasked with improving the technical skills of some of the best players in the world at Manchester United - it was a unique job that yielded incredible results.