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.

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

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

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.