NORWICH CITY Sporting Director Stuart Webber has defended his decision to take on a number of mountain challenges both this year and next, culminating in a climb up Everest.

JON DE SOUZA has been appointed as Charlton’s first Development Coach, responsible for helping first-team players to “add to their game” and Academy players to prepare for senior football.

GUY BRANSTON has left his role as PDP Loans Manager at Leicester City to become an agent.

MANCHESTER UNITED’S two most senior scouts, Jim Lawlor and Marcel Bout, have left the club after a combined 24 years.

ARSENAL manager Mikel Arteta has paid tribute to Steve Rowley and his players will wear black armbands in memory of the club's former Chief Scout during tonight’s Premier League game against Chelsea.

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SOUTHAMPTON have taken the highly unusual move of loaning their B team goalkeeper coach Ryan Flood to Dundee United for the remainder of the season.

BURNLEY Head Physio Alasdair Beattie has been sacked by the club after 12 years' service, along with manager Sean Dyche and three of his assistants.

BURNLEY have sacked manager Sean Dyche and his assistants Ian Woan, Steve Stone and Billy Mercer with eight games of the Premier League season remaining.

MANCHESTER UNITED have launched a ‘Friends of the Academy’ initiative that will support the “local football ecosystem” by sharing resources and knowledge with coaches, schools, junior clubs and young players across the North West.

LEEDS UNITED manager Jesse Marsch says his team have the worst injury record in the Premier League because they were “over-trained” by his predecessor Marcelo Bielsa.

SOUTHAMPTON have launched a “unique” Learning Lab that will embed a “research culture focused on modern ecological approaches” in both their club and Academy.