HEAD OF PERFORMANCE Bruno Mendes is one of five staff to have left Everton along with sacked manager Marco Silva, TGG understands.

AMAN SINGH SHERGILL has left Birmingham City after four and a half years to become Physical Performance Scientist at near rivals Aston Villa.

SPORTS stars such as Chris Froome have turned vegan after watching the Netflix sensation Game Changers. However, Dr Tom Little, the Head of Performance at Preston North End and a nutrition expert, says the science in the film is a mix of the good, the bad and the downright ugly.

DAWN SCOTT, who played a major role in helping the USA win back-to-back Women’s World Cups, has been lured home to work with the England team.

REHAB has been described as a process of 'control to chaos'. The only problem has been the absence of an accurate and objective way to measure that chaos - until now, perhaps.

PAUL BALSOM says Leicester City have a motto of “lift heavy to get strong”, which puts them at odds with a lot of other clubs.

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

MARTYN PERT has been drafted in to beef up Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s coaching team at Manchester United, while goalkeeper coach Emilio Alvarez has left the club after three years.

MIDDLESBROUGH’S Frankie Hunter has relished her return to first-team football this season - which has made her the only female lead sports scientist in the top two divisions.

FRANK LAMPARD has taken another member of Derby County’s backroom staff with him to Chelsea.

VERN GAMBETTA has been described as "the Sir Alex Ferguson of the athletic performance world" by Tony Strudwick. Here, the American shares some of his lessons from 45 years as a practitioner.

A LEADING podiatrist says clubs need to re-think how close artificial grass is placed next to touchlines in their stadiums following an ankle injury suffered by Liverpool's Divock Origi at the weekend.