FORMER Tottenham Academy Manager Dean Rastrick has joined the Professional Game Academy Audit Company (PGAAC) as a Leadership and Management Auditor.

READING have sent redundancy letters to between 17 and 20 staff this week, with more than a third of them working in the Academy, TGG understands.

A trio of staff have left Nottingham Forest along with manager Steve Cooper, while a trio have stayed on under new boss Nuno Espirito Santo - for the moment at least.

LEE SKYRME has left Southampton after almost three years as the club abandon the model of Game Coach and Individual Development Coach introduced by Matt Crocker.

JOEL WALDRON, Everton’s Academy Chief Operating Officer and former Academy Director, has left the club after 12 years.

WILL ABBOTT is leaving Brighton after almost 12 years to become Director of Performance Services at Charlton Athletic.

FORMER Southampton Director of Performance Mark Jarvis has been appointed as England’s new Head of Performance as Gareth Southgate finalises his staff ahead of next summer’s Euros.

GRAEME JONES has been promoted to Performance Director by the Scottish Football Association, bringing “performance oversight” across all men’s and women’s national teams.

CRAIG ROBERTS will step down as Medical Director at Bournemouth at the end of this month after eight years in the role.

MANCHESTER UNITED are “on a mission to build the best data platform in sport, not just football”, according to their new Head of Data Operations Chris Shumba.

LEE MOONEY, Director of MUD Analytics and former Director of Data Insights at Manchester City, says what Union Saint-Gilloise are achieving relative to their budget in Belgium is "ridiculous, really ridiculous." In this article he highlights why.

HEAD of Medical and Performance Adam Brett has left Brighton after a decade as the club revamps the department. Doctor Vicann During has also exited after less than a year.