JIMMY SHAN has ended his 13-year association with West Brom to pursue his managerial ambitions.

RESEARCH scientist and podiatrist Athol Thomson says footwear can be a major factor in injury risk - but players are not given all the information they need to make a good choice.

DAVE REDDIN will step down from his position as Head of Team Strategy and Performance at the end of 2019, the Football Association has confirmed.

THIS month we go behind the scenes at the TGG Youth Development Conference in Manchester, with speakers Kris Van Der Haegen, Leigh Bromby and John McGuigan.

RICHARD HARTIS has left the Football Association to become senior goalkeeping coach at Manchester United.

MANCHESTER UNITED legend Gary Neville says the club no longer have "guardians" and manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer needs to have a summer clear out.

PETR CECH has returned to Chelsea to take up a new senior role - although not the Technical Director job he had been touted for.

WALES Head of Performance Tony Strudwick will be appointed Head of Sports Science and Medicine at Sheffield Wednesday in the coming days.

MANCHESTER CITY are advertising for their first dedicated data scientist to work with Pep Guardiola's team.

WEST BROM Academy Manager Mark Harrison has left the club to take up the same role at near neighbours Aston Villa.

EVEN during a playing career at the very top level of rugby league, which ended only five years ago, former St Helens and Great Britain winger Ade Gardner didn’t really experience monitoring. Now, in his role as Head of Performance at Warrington Wolves, it’s a daily ritual.

FREDDIE LJUNGBERG and Steve Bould have swapped jobs at Arsenal, with the Swede becoming assistant manager and the long-serving Englishman taking on the club’s U23s.