REBECCA SAWIUK has been appointed as the new Director of Football for Loughborough University.

NEWCASTLE UNITED will travel to the Nad Al Sheba Sports Complex in Dubai at the end of this week for warm-weather training, TGG can reveal.

BAYERN MUNICH, Benfica and Manchester United have teamed up to launch a cross-club Mental Health Awareness Month for players, coaches and staff.

BLACKBURN ROVERS manager Tony Mowbray says the biggest growth area at the club during his five years in charge has been in individual development.

FOR 24 years, Francis Cagigao was one of the most important and influential figures at Arsenal. He tells TGG about his time with the North London club and about his new role, as Director of Football for Chile.

FORMER QPR Head of Performance John Phillips has left Russian side Krasnodar following the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

ALEX ALDRIDGE has returned to Millwall to take on the new role of Director of Football Operations and Recruitment.

AFTER 25 years of coaching in other countries, Steve Kean has returned to his native Scotland to become Academy Director at Hibernian - and he and the club have big ambitions, as he tells TGG.

NEW Head Coach Jesse Marsch has announced his backroom staff at Leeds United, with Franz Schiemer, Cameron Toshack and Mark Jackson joining as his assistants.

DARREN FLETCHER has moved to clarify his Technical Director role at Manchester United following external confusion about his first year in post.

JESSE MARSCH'S appointment as Leeds United manager is testament to Red Bull's coach development programme and pathway - and he's not the only coach in the Premier League to have benefitted.

FOUR of Marcelo Bielsa's assistants have exited Leeds United following the sacking of the Argentine manager yesterday.