THIS is the seventh job of Mark Hughes' managerial career - and the seventh time he's appointed the same assistants. Is a fear of the unfamiliar holding him back?

TONY STRUDWICK, Manchester United’s long-standing Head of Performance and one of the leading figures in sport science in this country, has left the club to join the Wales national team.

AFTER crashing out of Euro 2000 in the first round, Belgium implemented a coaching revolution that took them to the top of the world. Kris Van der Haegen explains how they did it.

SCOTLAND manager Alex McLeish has appointed Peter Grant and James McFadden as his assistants and Stevie Woods as his goalkeeping coach.

TRANMERE ROVERS have scrapped all teams and coaching for players under the age of 16 because they have found it “impossible” to operate outside of the EPPP system.

MK DONS have appointed Leicester’s Matt Willmott as their new Head of Fitness and Conditioning and Crystal Palace’s Liam Sweeting as Head of Recruitment and Performance Analysis.

TRANMERE ROVERS are closing their fabled Academy and all but one of their futsal teams.

NORWICH CITY have launched a £3.5m bond through a platform run by Gianluca Vialli in order to “build a state-of-the-art Academy”.

ONE-ON-ONE skills sessions with Saul Isaksson-Hurst were key to Marcus McGuane's progress this season.

TACTICAL decisions during matches will soon be made using positional data and machine learning rather than a manager's subjective judgement, according to the head of scouting and analysis for the German national team.

MANCHESTER CITY are looking for a new Under-23 coach as they revamp roles in their Academy.

NEW Birmingham boss Garry Monk has been reunited with assistant Pep Clotet after assembling the same backroom staff he had at Leeds United.