ENGLAND Under-21 boss Aidy Boothroyd has told TGG that new Manchester United assistant Martyn Pert is “a great example for any young aspiring coach”.

VITOR MATOS, 31, takes up the position previously held by Pepijn Lijnders, who left Liverpool for NEC Nijmegen in January 2018 and returned six months later as assistant manager.

NEW Manchester United assistant Martyn Pert went to remarkable lengths to pursue his dream of a career as a coach, including living in a tent as he travelled Europe and visiting Marcelo Bielsa's home in Argentina.

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.

LIVERPOOL chief executive Peter Moore says the club has “merged digital and analogue” to create “the essence of a modern football club”.

WORLD-CUP WINNING coach Jill Ellis says she refers to players on the bench as “gamechangers” not reserves.

PETER BEARDSLEY has been banned from football for 32 weeks after being found guilty of three charges of racially abusing black players while he was coach of Newcastle’s Under-23 side.

NORWICH CITY Sporting Director Stuart Webber has signed a three-year contract extension that will keep him at the club until the summer of 2022.

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.