CHRIS ARMAS has joined Leeds United, meaning Jesse Marsch now has two members of Ralf Rangnick’s Manchester United staff from last season as his assistants.

DARREN MOORE is the “full package” as a manager and will reach the top of the game, insists his Sheffield Wednesday first-team coach Jimmy Shan. Wednesday take on Fleetwood Town in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Saturday, having already put out giants Newcastle United in the last round.

EVERTON'S churn of managers during the Farhad Moshiri era has led to an ever-changing staff and mixed messages for players. Here's what they could learn from the likes of Brentford and Brighton in identifying their next boss.

NEWCASTLE UNITED are beefing up their scouting and recruitment department - and also moving to the position-specific model that Sporting Director Dan Ashworth used at Brighton.

FORMER Swansea City Academy Manager Nigel Rees has been appointed General Manager of the Professional Game Academy Audit Company (PGAAC). The Welshman had been doing the job on an interim basis since Gareth Prosser left to become Academy Manager at Everton in June 2022.

FABIO PARATICI, Tottenham’s Managing Director of Football, has been banned from working in Italian football for 30 months, with a request that the ban be “extended to UEFA and FIFA activities.”

JASON WILCOX will leave Manchester City after more than a decade in the summer to become Director of Football at Southampton.

TOTTENHAM manager Antonio Conte says the deaths of three close football friends within the last four months have led to “important reflections” and a realisation of the need to “give more time to your family and friends and also to yourself.”

AFTER 16 years as an Academy coach, Jimmy Shan embarked on a first-team career as manager at Kidderminster and then Solihull. The 44-year-old, who is now first-team coach at Sheffield Wednesday, tells TGG about his mistakes and lessons learned.

MANCHESTER CITY have added to their growing Insights team by hiring Maram AlBaharna from The Athletic as Football Insights Analyst.

WITH the Professional Game Academy Audit Company (PGAAC) halfway through its first full-assessment audits, Gary Penn shines a light on what has been happening.

CHELSEA’S Head of Research and Innovation, Ben Smith, has left the club after 16 years to join Los Angeles-based data analytics firm BreakAway Data.