ARSENAL have sacked Under-23s coach Steve Bould after two decades on the coaching staff at the club.

MANCHESTER CITY have won the Under-18s Premier League title to secure a unique hat-trick of trophies.

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WATFORD Academy Manager Richard Thomas has left the club with immediate effect after two years in post.

MORE than half of Marcelo Bielsa’s first-team squad have played for their Under-23s so far this season in something of a return to the old reserve team model.

MANCHESTER CITY’S Under-23s have won Premier League 2 for the first time, with Pep Guardiola hailing a "fantastic achievement" by Enzo Maresca's side.

FORMER Barnsley Head of Coaching Greg Miller has been appointed as Portsmouth’s new Academy Manager.

BLACKBURN ROVERS have appointed Preston North End’s John Prince as their new Senior Youth Development Phase Coach as part of a revamp of their Academy staffing structure.

DES RYAN, Arsenal’s Head of Academy Sports Medicine and Athletic Development for the last eight years, is leaving the club to become Director of Coaching and Performance at Setanta College.

PLAYERS from Liverpool and Manchester City’s Academy and women’s teams are to wear special mouthguards during training as part of a landmark study into head injuries in football.

NICKY BUTT has stepped down from his role as Head of Development at Manchester United to pursue “a new professional challenge.”

ASH HIGGINS has returned to Burnley after 18 months at Liverpool to become their Assistant Head of Coaching.