SWANSEA CITY have promoted Mark Allen to become their new Sporting Director, just eight months after he joined the club as Academy Manager.

A quartet of assistants have left Swansea City after new manager Russell Martin finalised his backroom staff at the club.

PAUL BOWER has been promoted to Head of Performance and James Beck to Head of Performance and Innovation at Huddersfield Town as part of a revamp of roles at the Championship club.

SARAH RUDD, Arsenal’s Vice President of Software and Analytics, is leaving the club after nine seasons for a “new gig” with “an all-star cast.”

OUR Python Masterclass, which gives an introduction to the football capabilities of one of the world's most popular programming languages, is now available on-demand.

SCOTT GUYETT, one of the longest-serving performance practitioners in the Premier League, has left Crystal Palace after almost 11 years to become assistant manager at Brisbane Roar in Australia’s A-League.

BLACKBURN’S Head of European Scouting, Glyn Chamberlain, is leaving the club after 18 months.

ENGLAND Under-18s coach Kevin Betsy has been appointed as the new U23s boss at Arsenal.

FORMER Bolton and Middlesbrough defender Andrew Taylor has joined Leeds United as their second ever loans manager. He was previously first-team coach at League One Sunderland.

BURNLEY Technical Director Mike Rigg is set to leave his role after almost three years as the Clarets continue to make major changes behind the scenes following the takeover by ALK Capital last December.

ARSENAL have hired Dutchman Kevin Balvers from Malmo to become their first Football Methodology Analyst.

OSIAN ROBERTS has stepped down as Technical Director of the Moroccan Football Federation after two years to become assistant to Patrick Vieira at Crystal Palace.