Jon Walters has been appointed permanent Sporting Director at Stoke City after impressing in the role on an interim basis. The former Stoke player has “played a huge part in galvanising the club and fans," says Chairman John Coates.

RICKY MARTIN has been sacked as Stoke City Technical Director after 15 months as the club vow to take a “new direction”. Former Stoke player Jonathan Walters has taken over the position on an interim basis until further notice.

MATT BICKLEY is leaving West Brom after eight-and-a-half years to become Head of Sport Science at Stoke City.

STOKE CITY have unveiled plans for a new two-storey building at their training ground that will include a gym, sauna and hydrotherapy room.

GARETH OWEN is to remain as Stoke City Academy Manager after reversing his previous decision to depart. In July, Stoke announced that Owen was leaving after more than a decade to “seek a new adventure within the game.”

ACADEMY DIRECTOR Gareth Owen is leaving Stoke City after more than a decade as the club continue an overhaul of their youth operation.

RICKY MARTIN has been appointed Technical Director at Stoke City after almost four years as Academy Manager at West Ham. The move reunites him with Potters boss Alex Neil, with whom he worked from 2015 to 2017 at Norwich City.

LEAD ANALYST Andy Cousins has been promoted to Head of Football Operations at Stoke City as part of a revamp of leadership roles at the Championship club.

HEAD PHYSIO Dave Watson and Head of Medicine Dr Andrew Dent are leaving Stoke City after almost 50 years' combined service.

SUNDERLAND’S Paul Walsh has replaced Jared Roberts-Smith as Head of Sports Science at Stoke City as manager Michael O’Neill completes his backroom staff at the club.

FORMER Ireland winger Andrew Trimble got so frustrated with poor team scheduling and communication that he created a solution of his own, which is now being adopted by teams including Stoke City.

STOKE CITY Technical Director Mark Cartwright is leaving the club after seven years to pursue “a different challenge”.

DAMIAN RODEN tells us about life as the Seattle Sounders Director of High Performance - and lifts the lid on how Stoke City went from boom to bust during his four-and-a-half years there.

GARETH OWEN has been promoted from Foundation Phase Lead to Academy Director by Stoke City.

MEET the six full-time female coaches in English Academy football.

STOKE CITY Academy Manager Gareth Jennings is leaving to become Head of Technical Leadership Programs for Fifa.

NEW Stoke City manager Nathan Jones has brought Joaquin Gomez and Jared Roberts-Smith with him from Luton to bolster his backroom team at the bet365 Stadium.

NEW Stoke boss Gary Rowett has taken five of his key Derby County lieutenants with him to the Potteries - and added St Johnstone assistant manager Callum Davidson.

STOKE CITY goalkeeper Jack Butland hits out at the club’s “farcical” recruitment policy following their relegation from the Premier League.

JIM HENRY has been appointed Head of Athletic Performance and Sport Science by Stoke City following the appointment of Paul Lambert as manager last week.

DAMIAN RODEN, who has been Stoke City’s Head of Sport Science since July 2013, has been appointed as Director of High Performance at the Seattle Sounders.

STOKE CITY will train their goalkeepers using Virtual Reality next season after signing a deal with Dutch firm Beyond Sports.

WEST BROM won the Premier League fitness title in 2016/17, with the lowest number of significant injuries and days lost to injury.

WADE ELLIOTT has joined Stoke City's Academy as the assistant manager of the under-23s.