New Stoke City Head Coach Narcis Pelach has named his incoming backroom staff, with Dean Whitehead, Paul Clements and Harrison Glew joining him at the Championship club.

Liverpool have made a series of changes to their medical and performance department, which is now headed up by Dr Jonathan Power.

Liverpool have put their search for a first Set Piece Coach on hold, with Aaron Briggs taking on the duties since his arrival at the club in July.

Jamie Osman has joined Ipswich Town as Head of Analysis as the club beef up their backroom staff for the Premier League season.

More than 450 delegates from clubs, federations and organisations around the world gathered at St George’s Park last week for Training Ground Guru’s biggest conference to date.

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Adam Brett has been appointed Director of Performance Services for Tottenham and will oversee their sports science, medical, nutrition and psychology provision across men’s, women’s and Academy. He previously worked for Brighton for more than a decade before leaving last summer.

Charlton ‘legend’ Steve Avory has stepped down as Academy Director after 23 years with the club.

Mariela Nisotaki has been promoted to Assistant Head of Recruitment at Norwich City as she continues her pioneering path in the game.

Former Manchester City Head of Human Performance Sam Erith has joined Manchester United as Performance Director to the end of the season.

US sports software company Teamworks has acquired Zelus Analytics, the sports intelligence platform co-founded by Doug Fearing and Luke Bornn in 2019.

Performance Director Graeme Jones is leaving the Scottish Football Association after nine years to become Sporting Director at Hearts.