FABIO PARATICI, Tottenham’s Managing Director of Football, is forced to step down from his role after FIFA extended a ban imposed on him in Italy.

PAUL MITCHELL has confirmed he will step down as Sporting Director of AS Monaco once his successor is found.

NORWICH CITY Sporting Director Stuart Webber admits his long-term future may not be in football after revealing the abuse he has experienced from some sections of the club’s fanbase in the last year.

RIGHT TO DREAM are poised to launch a club and Academy in the United States, according to their Founder and Group CEO Tom Vernon. He tells Training Ground Guru that the idea is to combat the pay-to-play system, which “is excluding a lot of kids of potential from making it.”

DERBY COUNTY have hired Oxford United’s Mark Thomas to become their new Head of Recruitment. Thomas joined Oxford in 2014 and the club have thanked him for “bringing in players who have starred” and “building a modern recruitment department.”

DAVID HARRISON has left Everton after almost three decades to become the new Director of Football Operations at Manchester United. He takes over from Alan Dawson, who will leave the club after 11 years at the end of July to “pursue new opportunities.”

CHELSEA have moved to clarify the roles and responsibilities of their senior leadership team, with Laurence Stewart set to finally join the club from AS Monaco next week.

EVERTON'S churn of managers during the Farhad Moshiri era has led to an ever-changing staff and mixed messages for players. Here's what they could learn from the likes of Brentford and Brighton in identifying their next boss.

FABIO PARATICI, Tottenham’s Managing Director of Football, has been banned from working in Italian football for 30 months, with a request that the ban be “extended to UEFA and FIFA activities.”

JASON WILCOX will leave Manchester City after more than a decade in the summer to become Director of Football at Southampton.

CHRISTOPHER VIVELL has been appointed as the new Technical Director at Chelsea. The German takes on the same title as Laurence Stewart, who joined the Blues in October from AS Monaco.

MATT CROCKER is to leave his position as Director of Football Operations at Southampton at the end of the season.