LEADING sports scientist Tim Gabbett has defended Liverpool’s approach to training after Raymond Verheijen described it as a ‘mess’.

JURGEN KLOPP says Chelsea have been ‘lucky’ with injuries this season, leading his old nemesis Raymond Verheijen to claim the German has created a ‘mess’ at Liverpool.

CLIVE BREWER has arrived at the Toronto Blue Jays via Widnes rugby league and Manchester United. He gave TGG an exclusive insight into the working of the Blue Jays' performance department.

British and Irish Lions players will set their own guidelines about drinking and social media use during this summer’s tour of New Zealand.

JEFF VETERE has become the new Director of Football at Birmingham City - where he will team up with Harry Redknapp, one of the most outspoken critics of the role.

ALAN IRVINE says it is “astonishing” that neither he nor his coaches know whether they will still be at Norwich City next season.

ARSENE WENGER has completely dismissed the possibility of working with a Director of Football as long as he is at Arsenal.

ZIGGY GORDON’S comment that coaching in Poland is ’far superior’ to what he was accustomed to in Scotland has been met with scorn in some quarters.

BENFICA and Cricket Australia are pioneering use of a ‘player performance platform’ that enables them to make sense of their vast amounts of data.

MANCHESTER CITY have been banned from signing Academy players for two years after being found guilty of tapping-up two schoolboys.

ALAN PARDEW says sports science and medical staff have become ‘too protective’ and that this contributed to his sacking at Crystal Palace.

After months of speculation, Monchi has finally been unveiled as Roma's new Sporting Director. The Spaniard has become an almost mystical figure after transforming Sevilla from Segunda División side to perennial European contenders.