DAMIAN RODEN is leaving the Seattle Sounders after 18 months to return to the UK as a Sports Science and Medical Performance Support Auditor.

PROFESSOR BARRY DRUST says clubs and practitioners need to think more carefully about the impact that their numerous sports science interventions are having on players.

ANDREW CROFTS has been appointed to an innovative Under-23 player-coach role by Brighton.

RHYS LONG, Head of Performance Analysis and Insight for the Football Association, outlines his philosophy in the Training Ground Guru Podcast.

STOKE CITY Technical Director Mark Cartwright is leaving the club after seven years to pursue “a different challenge”.

ENGLAND must continue to “think differently” because of the “structural advantages” of their rivals, says Football Association Head of Team Strategy and Performance Dave Reddin.

NICKY BUTT has taken on a new Head of First Team Development role at Manchester United, with Nick Cox stepping up to replace him as Academy Manager.

DAVE REDDIN, the Football Association’s Head of Team Strategy and Performance, tells the TGG Podcast that sports science is creating a generation of players with “limited physical capabilities”.

THE new version of the world’s top performance analysis software has been launched. We got a sneak preview of it from senior analysts with Belgium and the Republic of Ireland.

HEAD OF REHAB Matt Taberner has been sacked by Everton after six years at the club.

HANNAH DINGLEY has become the first female Academy Manager in English football by taking over the role at Forest Green Rovers.

LUTON TOWN have been producing top-flight players for more than four decades - a tradition that continues today with the likes of Max Aarons and Jamal Lewis. Their former Academy Manager Gregg Broughton explains how they've done it.