BRENTFORD Technical Director Robert Rowan has died from heart failure at the age of 28, the club has announced.

FORMER England international Steve Stone has been appointed as Burnley Under-23 boss.

NEW ZEALAND All Blacks coach Steve Hansen says he has not conducted a single pre-match team talk in his seven years in charge.

MANCHESTER CITY Head Physio Lee Nobes is leaving the club after 11 years to join rivals Liverpool.

HUGO FARIA has joined Bournemouth as first-team assistant coach, while Carl Fletcher has taken up the new role of loans manager.

MAURIZIO SARRI has sparked a huge debate within the football performance industry by revealing his Chelsea players do not do weight training.

THE future of Everton’s Academy Head of Recruitment Martin Waldron - father of Academy Director Joel - hangs in the balance after the club was found guilty of tapping up a former Cardiff City schoolboy in 2016.

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Martin Hunter has followed Vice Chairman Les Reed through the exit door at Southampton.

LES REED, Southampton's most senior football figure, has been sacked after eight years at the club.

BURNLEY director Brendan Flood says the club has intentionally hired “young, hungry” managers, because they will “always give you more” than big-name ex-players.

WHAT links Arsenal, Red Bull Salzburg, LA Galaxy, FC Koln and the German national team? The answer is the US performance company EXOS.

FORMER Blackburn manager Gary Bowyer believes Ben Marshall still has a big part to play in Norwich’s promotion push this season.