FORMER Celtic and West Brom Technical Director Nick Hammond has been appointed as a transfer consultant by Newcastle United on a short-term contract.

OUR Youth Development event, which delivered insights from leading Academies, is now available on-demand.

MANCHESTER UNITED first-team coach Kieran McKenna has been appointed as the new manager at League One Ipswich Town, with United colleague Martyn Pert as his assistant.

CELTIC’S Oliver Morgan has been appointed to the new role of Head of Academy Performance Support by Leicester City.

LIVERPOOL’S Head of Post-Match Analysis, Mark Leyland, has joined Newcastle United in the new role of First-Team Coach Analyst.

CARDIFF CITY have been granted planning permission for a new ‘state-of-the-art’ Academy in Llanrumney.

FORMER Manchester United Under-18s coach Paul McGuinness has been appointed Head of Academy Player Development at Leicester City.

NEWCASTLE UNITED Head of Sport Science Callum Walsh has left the club after just five months following the arrival of Eddie Howe as manager.

RASMUS ANKERSEN is stepping down from his role as Co-Director of Football at Brentford after six-and-a-half years to set up a sports investment firm.

EVERTON'S Head of Recruitment and Development, Gretar Steinsson, and Manager of Scouting and Operations, Dan Purdy, have both left the club as bloodletting continues behind the scenes.

LEAD Sport Scientist Jack Sharkey has left Aston Villa after four-and-a-half years.

TIM DITTMER has been promoted to become the Football Association’s new Head of Coaching - a position that has been vacant since Matt Crocker left to join Southampton in September 2019.