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Dominic May has left Arsenal after eight years to become First-Team Physical Performance Coach 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.

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.

HEAD of Medical and Performance Adam Brett has left Brighton after a decade as the club revamps the department. Doctor Vicann During has also exited after less than a year.

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.

BRIGHTON Technical Director David Weir has told BBC Radio 5 Live the secrets of his side's recent success.

VICANN DURING has taken over from long-standing club doctor Stephen Lewis at Brighton. Lewis, who had been with the Seagulls for eight-and-a-half years, left in January to take up the same role with Fulham.

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.

EVAN FERGUSON and Andy Moran both joined Brighton's Academy at the age of 16 from clubs in the League of Ireland. However, the way they were developed after that was completely different, as former Brighton Academy Manager John Morling tells TGG.

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.

MIKE CAVE is leaving Fulham after almost nine years to become the Assistant Technical Director at Brighton.

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

IAN BUCKMAN has been promoted to Academy Manager by Brighton, replacing John Morling.

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.

DAVID WEIR has been appointed as Brighton’s new Technical Director, having held the job on an interim basis since Dan Ashworth resigned in February.

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

BRIGHTON are advertising for a new Academy Manager following the exit of John Morling after almost a decade.

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.

DAN ASHWORTH has resigned as Technical Director at Brighton and is now expected to take up the same position with Newcastle United.

GARY DICKER has been appointed as Brighton’s Under-18s coach after retiring as an over-aged player with the U23s.

FORMER Scotland international David Weir has been promoted from Pathway Development Manager to the new role of Assistant Technical Director by Brighton.

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.

HUW JENNINGS and Dan Ashworth have received the 2021 Eamonn Dolan Award for their outstanding contribution to youth development.

BRIGHTON have announced a "strategic partnership" with Scottish Premiership outfit Hibernian that will see the two clubs sharing knowledge, playing and training opportunities, and friendly matches for their different age groups.

BRIGHTON Under-23s coach Simon Rusk has left the club after nine years to become manager of ambitious Conference Premier side Stockport County.

BRIGHTON Technical Director Dan Ashworth explains what the role involves and why he believes it’s so important.

BRIGHTON Technical Director Dan Ashworth says the club are fielding a 36-year-old in their Under-23s in an attempt to create a ‘hybrid’ of the old reserve team system.

BRIGHTON are the first club to make wellbeing an explicit part of their performance department, with staff dedicated to promoting health and happiness. The club's Senior Performance Psychologist, Sarah Murray, explains more.

JAMES BELL, UK Sport’s Head of Culture Development and Mental Health, is to lead a new Performance Psychology and Wellbeing department at Brighton.

JOSHUA HOOK has been promoted to the new position of Physical Performance Manager by Brighton.

BRIGHTON’S Dan Ashworth says clubs need Technical Directors in order to ensure they are travelling in the right direction over the medium to long term.

BRIGHTON’S lead first team strength and conditioning coach Tom Barnden has left the club after seven years to join Manchester City.

ANDREW CROFTS has been appointed to an innovative Under-23 player-coach role by Brighton.

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

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.

BRIGHTON Chief Executive Paul Barber says the appointment of Technical Director Dan Ashworth will enable the club to reach the “next level”.

DOZENS of clubs use GPS data. But how exactly is it gathered? And, most importantly of all, how does it impact a manager's decision-making? Will Abbott, Head of Academy Sports Science and S&C at Brighton, told us more.

Will Abbott, Head of Academy Strength and Conditioning at Brighton, gives us the lowdown on pre-season at the Premier League club.

JOHN BARNES does not believe Chris Hughton’s success at Brighton will help the plight of black managers, because he will be “elevated out of blackness”.