CRYSTAL PALACE confirm that Head of Coaching David Muir has resigned following allegations he made a racial comment while on a Football Association coaching course in February.

TOTTENHAM’S Assistant Head of Player Development, Jon Goodman, has been appointed Academy Manager at MK Dons.

FORMER Arsenal physio Ben Ashworth has been appointed as Head of Performance by Sparta Prague, where he will be reunited with Tomáš Rosický.

BRISTOL CITY are recruiting for a new physio who will work exclusively with players on loan at other clubs.

STATSports have launched their long-awaited new Apex Pro Series software and promised it will mark a “paradigm shift” in the way that clubs monitor their players.

GARY WALKER, Manchester United’s Head of Strength and Conditioning, is leaving the club after 11 years to move to the MLS.

THERE'S mounting evidence that the brain doesn't fully develop until the mid-20s. Do coaches need to be aware of this when they work with young players?

FORMER Newcastle Under-23 coach Peter Beardsley has been charged with three counts of using racist language to players by the Football Association.

STOKE CITY Academy Manager Gareth Jennings is leaving to become Head of Technical Leadership Programs for Fifa.

TRAINING GROUND GURU'S first Youth Development conference will offer insights from two of football's most successful Academy programmes.

FORMER Scotland international John Colquhoun hopes his youth development programme Box Soccer can bring back the best parts of street football.

READING Head of Academy Player Development Lewis Goater has left the club after almost 11 years to join Arsenal.