MOST Premier League clubs now have a Sporting Director or equivalent. What do they do? And what makes a good one? David Slemen, founder of Elite Performance Partners, explains.

ENGLAND World Cup-winning cricketer Luke Wright is one of the 29 new students of the Master of Sport Directorship course at Manchester Metropolitan University, alongside footballers, managers and a well-known TV presenter.

BRIGHTON’S Dan Ashworth says clubs need Technical Directors in order to ensure they are travelling in the right direction over the medium to long term.

THIS summer the latest batch of fully qualified Sporting Directors will graduate from a unique course at Manchester Metropolitan University.

THE pioneering Master of Sport Directorship course at Manchester Metropolitan University is about to welcome its fifth cohort of students. We spoke to three to find out what they hope to learn.

THE FA laid down exactly what it means to be an England international in 2014 - and many clubs are now following suit.

DAVID MOSS has left his role as Head of Football Operations at Huddersfield after little more than four months in the job.

A new app from The Sports Office promises to give senior staff top-level information from their key departments no matter where they are.

CRYSTAL PALACE manager Frank de Boer has welcomed the appointment of Dougie Freedman as the club's Sporting Director.

NORWICH CITY academy manager Richard Money has left the club by mutual consent as the complete overhaul of the football side of the business continues apace under Sporting Director Stuart Webber.

LEYTON ORIENT have appointed former player and manager Martin Ling as their new Director of Football.

BRITISH coaches will get more opportunities and progress further if they are willing to work with a Sporting Director, Norwich’s Stuart Webber believes.

IPSWICH Managing Director Ian Milne says he does not believe in Norwich’s new structure and prefers a manager to be in charge of all footballing matters.

DAVID MOSS, Celtic’s former head of recruitment, is named as Huddersfield’s Head of Football Operations.

LEEDS UNITED have announced Spaniard Victor Orta as their new Director of Football.

THEY say never go back in life, but Norwich Sporting Director Stuart Webber has returned to Borussia Dortmund to make an identical managerial appointment to the one he did at Huddersfield 18 months ago.

PSG are on the verge of signing Atletico Madrid Sporting Director Andrea Berta, according to reports in France.

STEVE McCLAREN has ruled himself out of contention for the vacant Sporting Director role at Huddersfield Town.

ALAN IRVINE says it is “astonishing” that neither he nor his coaches know whether they will still be at Norwich City next season.

After months of speculation, Monchi has finally been unveiled as Roma's new Sporting Director. The Spaniard has become an almost mystical figure after transforming Sevilla from Segunda División side to perennial European contenders.

WE’VE long known about the star player. Then there was the star manager. Now we have a new phenomenon - the star sporting director - and none comes bigger than Sevilla’s Ramón Rodríguez Verdejo - or Monchi. Now the 48-year-old says he has offers to come to the Premier League this summer.