ARSENAL have a fantastic record of producing athletic Academy graduates. In Episode #50 of the TGG Podcast Des Ryan, the club's former Head of Academy Sports Medicine and Athletic Development, explains why and how.

PARMA are trying to rediscover past glories, with data analytics to the fore, as their Chief Performance and Analytics Officer Mathieu Lacome tells TGG.

LYDIA BEDFORD has been named as Brentford Under-18 Lead in a landmark appointment by the Premier League club.

JOE ROACH is leaving Bournemouth’s Academy after 20 years’ service. Last summer, he took up the new position of Head of Player Progression, with Sam Gisborne replacing him as Academy Manager.

JORG SCHMADTKE has been appointed as Liverpool’s new Sporting Director, succeeding Julian Ward. The German, 59, spent more than four years in the same role with Bundesliga side Wolfsburg before leaving at the start of this year.

SOUTHAMPTON Head of Sport Science and first-team fitness coach Alek Gross is leaving the club after a decade following their relegation from the Premier League.

LUTON TOWN manager Rob Edwards and Carlisle counterpart Paul Simpson have paid tribute to the Football Association’s work on penalties after their teams won shoot-outs to gain promotion.

MARK JARVIS is leaving his role as Southampton Director of Performance Support as owners Sport Republic continue their clean sweep behind the scenes. Jarvis was hired from the English Institute of Sport in August 2018 as strategic lead for their performance and medical department across men's, women's and Academy.

DERBY COUNTY have parted company with Academy Director Darren Wassall after 14 years as they instigate a restructure of their youth set-up. The former Rams defender was appointed Academy boss in April 2009 and oversaw their elevation to Category One status in 2014.

SIR ALEX FERGUSON has presented Manchester United Academy Player Liaison Officer Dave Bushell with the 2023 Eamonn Dolan Award for his outstanding contribution to youth development.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have completed their new position-specific scouting team with a number of new hires. As TGG reported in January, the Magpies have moved to the position-specific model that Technical Director Dan Ashworth implemented when he was at Brighton.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have hired Claire Burrows from Leicester City as their Academy recruitment revamp takes shape. Technical Director Dan Ashworth has made improving the club’s Academy productivity a key focus of his first year with the Magpies.