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Manchester City’s Bradley Wall has been appointed Head of Recruitment at Portsmouth. He replaces Phil Boardman, who left in February to become Senior European Scout for Everton.

Sam Jewell has officially started work at Chelsea as Director of Global Recruitment after completing a period of gardening leave at Brighton.

Newcastle United forward Anthony Gordon says he “never” does weight training as he believes it will increase his risk of injury.

Did Newcastle United fail to do their due diligence on £55m signing Sandro Tonali, who has been banned this season for breaching betting rules? We asked former Scotland Yard Detective Neil Whitbread, who now helps clubs with intelligence on potential signings.

JAMES VAUGHAN has been promoted to the new role of Head of Academy Recruitment and Player Pathways at Everton. The 35-year-old, who made 60 appearances for the club as a player, rejoined the Blues as Loans Pathway Manager in September 2022.

SAM JEWELL has accepted a senior recruitment role at Chelsea and been placed on gardening leave by Brighton. Jewell, who is the son of former Wigan manager Paul Jewell, is expected to start work with Chelsea in November.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have started their search for a new Sporting Director after confirming that Dan Ashworth has been placed on gardening leave by the club.

NEWCASTLE UNITED manager Eddie Howe has admitted the club “have to improve” in terms of medical and performance provision after a season severely impacted by injuries.

IPSWICH TOWN Head of Recruitment Sam Williams is leaving the club after two years to return to Manchester United.

MAX HAHN has joined West Ham United as their new Head of Technical Recruitment and Analysis, as Technical Director Tim Steidten makes his mark behind the scenes.

JORDAN MILES has left Aberdeen after seven months to become the new Head of Recruitment at Leeds United.

JONNY KING is leaving Leicester City after two-and-a-half years to become Senior Physio at Newcastle United. He will replace Head Physio Danny Murphy, who left the Magpies at the start of the year.

NEGOTIATIONS MANAGER Sam Barnett has left Manchester United after seven years.

NEWCASTLE UNITED Head Physio Danny Murphy has left the club after 15 months.

HELENA COSTA, English football’s first and only female Head of Recruitment, has left Watford after less than a year.

UNION SAINT-GILLOISE are one of the smartest teams in Europe and their culture is a big reason why. Sporting Director Chris O'Loughlin tells TGG how the club scout for character.

AHEAD of the January transfer window, Brentford Technical Director Lee Dykes outlines the seven stages of the club's recruitment process.

MATTHEW LEWIS has been appointed Positional Scouting Lead by Norwich City as they continue to build out the department.

FORMER England Head of Psychology Dr Ian Mitchell has joined Newcastle United as Sporting Director Dan Ashworth continues to upgrade operations behind the scenes at the club.

CHELSEA have hired Jeremy Leyde from West Brom to head up their new position-specific scouting department.

MARK LEYLAND has taken up the brand new role of Head of Coaching Methodology with City Football Group. Speaking on Episode 56 of the TGG Podcast, he explained what the job entails and outlined the reasons for his departure from Newcastle United, where he was making a big impact as Coach-Analyst.

JORDAN TRIBE has left Brighton after 11 years to become Coach-Analyst at Newcastle United. He succeeds Mark Leyland, who left in July after 18 months to become Head of Coaching Methodology at City Football Group.

LUKE FEDORENKO has been promoted to Head of Academy Recruitment as part of a restructure at Manchester United.

FORMER Sunderland manager Jack Ross has been appointed Head of Coach Development at Newcastle United.

MICHAEL EMMERSON has been promoted to Head of Data and Insights at Newcastle United and will now set about building a “world-leading department.”

NEWCASTLE UNITED have completed their new Academy Recruitment department following a major overhaul.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have completed their new position-specific scouting team with a number of new hires. As TGG reported in January, the Magpies have moved to the position-specific model that Technical Director Dan Ashworth implemented when he was at Brighton.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have hired Claire Burrows from Leicester City as their Academy recruitment revamp takes shape. Technical Director Dan Ashworth has made improving the club’s Academy productivity a key focus of his first year with the Magpies.

SAM STANTON is being promoted to replace Tom Stockwell as Head of Scouting Operations at Southampton. Stockwell is leaving the club after almost 12 years to join Nottingham Forest.

LYNDON TOMLINSON is leaving his role as Head of National Recruitment for the 12s to 16s at Leeds United to join the investment group FMCF.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have appointed Norwich City’s Senior First Team Performance Analyst Josh Appleyard as a Positional Analyst as they continue to upgrade their scouting and recruitment department.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have hired Arsenal’s Edward Black as their new Academy Lead Scout. Technical Director Dan Ashworth is intent on improving the Academy’s productivity and is currently leading an overhaul of their youth scouting and recruitment.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have appointed Manchester City’s Paul McLaren as their Head of National Youth Scouting for the 13s to 18s.

GUS WILLIAMS is stepping down as Blackburn Rovers’ Head of Recruitment after six months to return to the Football Association of Wales (FAW).

SAM JEWELL has been appointed Head of Recruitment at Brighton following Paul Winstanley’s move to Chelsea.

LEE SARGESON has left Brighton after almost six years to become Manager of Scouting Operations at Everton.

BIRMINGHAM CITY have plugged gaps in their backroom team by appointing Frank McParland as Head of Recruitment and Joe Carnall as Chief Scout.

BEN DAWSON has returned to the role of Under-21s Lead at Newcastle as the club continue to reshape their Academy under new Sporting Director Dan Ashworth.

NEWCASTLE UNITED are beefing up their scouting and recruitment department - and also moving to the position-specific model that Sporting Director Dan Ashworth used at Brighton.

NEWCASTLE UNITED’S Under-21s Lead Player Development Coach Elliott Dickman has left the club after 14 months. Dickman joined from nearby Sunderland, where he was U23s Lead, in October 2021 after 26 years with the Black Cats.

BLACKBURN ROVERS have unveiled their new-look recruitment team after making three appointments in recent months.

DEAN AUSTIN has been appointed Head of Recruitment at Coventry City, replacing Chris Badlan, who was named Sporting Director at Blackpool last month.

PAUL WINSTANLEY has left Brighton after eight years to become Director of Global Talent and Transfers at Chelsea. The Blues have revamped their recruitment department following the takeover by Chairman Todd Boehly and co-controlling owner Behdad Eghbali in May.

FORMER Charlton Head Physio Danny Murphy has succeeded Derek Wright as the new Head Physio at Newcastle United, with Nathan Ring coming in as Senior Physio.

CHELSEA’S Head of International Scouts, Scott McLachlan, has left the club after 11 years.

SIMON SMITH has left his role as Head of Goalkeeping at Newcastle United after seven years and the club are now compiling a shortlist for his replacement.

GUS WILLIAMS has been appointed as Blackburn Rovers’ new Head of Recruitment after 22 years with the Football Association of Wales.

DEREK WRIGHT has spoken about his first week 'on the other side' after retiring as Newcastle United's Head Physio after 38 years.

JOE SHIELDS has left Manchester City after nine years to become Head of Senior Recruitment at Southampton.

DAN ASHWORTH has been formally announced as Newcastle United’s new Sporting Director after the club agreed compensation with Brighton and received approval from the Premier League.

FORMER Tottenham Head of Recruitment Brian Carey has joined Reading in the same role.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have submitted a planning application for a revamp of their Darsley Park training ground to North Tyneside Council.

LIAM MASON is leaving Blackburn Rovers after eight years to become the Lead Sport Scientist at Newcastle United.

TOTTENHAM Head of Recruitment Brian Carey has left the club after six years. Carey initially joined Spurs as Senior Scout for the North West of England, before his role was expanded to Europe and then Head of Recruitment.

NEWCASTLE boss Eddie Howe says Mark Leyland has become an “integral part of our team” since joining in the new role of First-Team Coach/ Analyst in December.

NEIL WHITBREAD is a former Scotland Yard Detective who is now helping football clubs do due diligence on potential signings with security and investigations solutions consultancy Silverseal.

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.

PETE BULMER has left Blackburn Rovers after two-and-a-half years to become Senior Scouting Manager responsible for centre backs at Brighton.

NICK HAMMOND has explained his role as a January transfer advisor for Newcastle United and said it could be the hardest window that the club’s new ownership face.

IPSWICH TOWN have hired Sam Williams from Manchester United to become their new Head Recruitment.

LEEDS UNITED Director of Football Victor Orta has made a passionate defence of the club’s policy of operating with a slimmed-down squad and suggested it will continue in future.

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.

STEVE BLACK'S route into professional sport may have been different to that of most other performance coaches, but his impact was immense. Brian Ashton, Danny Cipriani and Terry McDermott remember the proud Geordie, who died this weekend at the age of 64.

FORMER Liverpool Head Physio Dave Galley has joined Newcastle United until the end of the season.

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

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

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

NEWCASTLE UNITED have confirmed that Steve Agnew and Stephen Clemence have left the club following the appointment of Eddie Howe as Head Coach.

EDDIE HOWE has confirmed that he will be taking a quartet of his former Bournemouth staff with him to Newcastle United.

ELLIOTT DICKMAN has left Sunderland after 26 years to become Lead Player Development Coach for Newcastle United’s Under-23s.

FITNESS COACH Cristian Fernandez has left Newcastle United after five years to join Everton.

FORMER Wigan manager Gary Caldwell has been appointed interim Under-23s boss at Newcastle United following Chris Hogg's exit to join MK Dons.

STEVE HARPER has been appointed as permanent Academy Manager at Newcastle United. He replaces Joe Joyce, who was stood down from the role in February.

CALLUM WALSH has left Huddersfield Town to become the new Head of Sport Science at Newcastle United.

NEWCASTLE UNITED Head of Sport Science Jamie Harley is leaving the club after 11 years for a “new challenge”.

GRAEME JONES has left Bournemouth after five months to become assistant manager at boyhood club Newcastle United.

PHYSIO Michael Harding has joined Robbie Fowler at East Bengal in the Indian Super League after leaving Newcastle United after 14 years.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have become the first Premier League club to put their staff on furlough.

STEVE HARPER has returned to Newcastle United as first-team coach to provide a link between the Academy and first team.

NEIL REDFEARN has left Newcastle United after only six months as U23 boss because of irreconcilable differences with his assistant Liam Bramley.

PETER BEARDSLEY has been banned from football for 32 weeks after being found guilty of three charges of racially abusing black players while he was coach of Newcastle’s Under-23 side.

FORMER Leeds United manager Neil Redfearn has replaced Peter Beardsley as coach of Newcastle’s Under-23s.

FORMER Newcastle Under-23 coach Peter Beardsley has been charged with three counts of using racist language to players by the Football Association.

STEVE HARPER has succeeded Maik Taylor as Northern Ireland's goalkeeper coach.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have confirmed the departure of Under-23 coach Peter Beardsley - 14 months after after an internal investigation into allegations of racism and bullying made against him was launched.

FORMER Newcastle United goalkeeper Steve Harper, now a lead Academy coach at the club, tells TGG how life has changed for the men between the posts.

FORMER Leeds United manager Neil Redfearn has been drafted in to help Ben Dawson with Newcastle United Under-23s.

NEWCASTLE UNITED Head Physio Derek Wright says the “phenomenal” reduction in injuries at the club is down to the “meticulous planning” of manager Rafa Benitez.

NEWCASTLE UNITED are this season's corner kings in the Premier League, while Brighton and Burnley are yet to score a single goal from this particular set piece.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have been the youngest side in the Premier League so far this season, according to analysis by Ben Mayhew of Experimental 3-6-1.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have renewed their contract with Irish sports science company Orreco.

WHAT links scientists at Newcastle United, NASA and IBM? The answer is Brian Moore and his eight-year-old company Orreco.