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Tottenham Under-21s beat Sunderland 3-1 to become Premier League 2 champions for the first time - plus a round-up from the rest of the elite youth competitions.

Tottenham are advertising for five key roles as they look to build world-class scouting and insights departments.

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou has responded to Eric Dier’s assertion that he “really doesn't do any tactical work” in training.

NATHAN GARDINER has returned to Tottenham as Head of Sports Science. The appointment marks a return to the club he served for 15 years to October 2020.

TOTTENHAM Technical Director Johan Lange says he and manager Ange Postecoglou are “aligned” to a club game model and methodology that will survive even if they leave.

FORMER Tottenham Academy Manager Dean Rastrick has joined the Professional Game Academy Audit Company (PGAAC) as a Leadership and Management Auditor.

ANGE POSTECOGLOU expects Tottenham to appoint a new Sporting Director soon - and says he is in favour of the role.

ANGE POSTECOGLOU will have been irked by suggestions he was copying tactics, because he has always prided himself on being original. In an illuminating interview with Hudl, he outlined his philosophy and how it was formed.

ANGE POSTECOGLOU has named his assistants at Tottenham and - perhaps uniquely - none of them have been on his staff before.

FORMER Manchester City Under-23 boss Simon Davies has been promoted from Head of Methodology to replace Dean Rastrick as Academy Director at Tottenham.

ACADEMY MANAGER Dean Rastrick has left Tottenham after 13 years “to pursue new challenges and opportunities.”

FABIO PARATICI has resigned as Tottenham’s Managing Director of Football after losing his appeal against a 30-month ban from football.

SCOTT MUNN has been appointed Chief Football Officer at Tottenham and will “take charge of all footballing departments.”

FABIO PARATICI, Tottenham’s Managing Director of Football, is forced to step down from his role after FIFA extended a ban imposed on him in Italy.

HEAD COACH Antonio Conte has departed Tottenham along with his brother Gianluca, but the rest of the Italian’s staff have remained at the club.

FABIO PARATICI, Tottenham’s Managing Director of Football, has been banned from working in Italian football for 30 months, with a request that the ban be “extended to UEFA and FIFA activities.”

TOTTENHAM manager Antonio Conte says the deaths of three close football friends within the last four months have led to “important reflections” and a realisation of the need to “give more time to your family and friends and also to yourself.”

GIAN PIERO VENTRONE’S son, Ivan, visited Tottenham’s training ground yesterday (December 6th) to see the Evergreen Oak tree that has been planted near the first-team pitches in memory of his late father.

TOTTENHAM fitness coach Gian Piero Ventrone has died suddenly at the age of 61, the club has announced.

GIANNI VIO has been appointed as Tottenham’s first ever set piece coach. The Italian, 69, is a pioneer of the role and was the first specialist set piece coach in English football during his time with Brentford in 2015/16.

FORMER Everton Head of Recruitment Gretar Steinsson has been appointed Performance Director at Tottenham, with Rangers Head of Scouting Andy Scoulding as Assistant.

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.

SERGE AURIER says Jose Mourinho and his staff did not pay enough attention to “the person behind the player” during their time in charge of Tottenham.

TOTTENHAM’S Technical Performance Director, Steve Hitchen, has left the club after five years. The 45-year-old initially worked for the club as a scout from 2005 to 2010 before returning in February 2017 as Chief Scout.

TOTTENHAM have revealed the six staff who will work with new Head Coach Antonio Conte, including Ryan Mason, who took caretaker charge of the team last season.

TOTTENHAM have sacked Head Coach Nuno Espírito Santo along with his coaching staff of Ian Cathro, Rui Barbosa and Antonio Dias.

BRAIN injury charity Headway has described guidance on heading in training as “unclear and ill thought out” after Tottenham manager Nuno Espirito Santo admitted he had been ignoring the advice.

TOTTENHAM are advertising for their first Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Manager to “drive workforce awareness and development about mental health and embed it into all aspects of the business.”

NUNO ESPIRITO SANTO has named his backroom staff at Tottenham, with trio Ian Cathro, Rui Barbosa and Antonio Dias reunited with him from Wolves.

ITALIAN Fabio Paratici has joined Tottenham as Managing Director, Football, as the club return to the Sporting Director model they jettisoned in September 2015.

TOTTENHAM'S team got older under Jose Mourinho and youngsters had fewer opportunities, but was it all his fault?

JOSE MOURINHO has been sacked by Tottenham along with the four assistants who arrived with him at the club in November 2019 - assistant Joao Sacramento, goalkeeper coach Nuno Santos, fitness coach Carlos Lalin and tactical analyst Giovanni Cerra.

Hiring for diversity is a business imperative and often means hiring for potential, argue Anna Edwards and David Slemen of Elite Performance Partners.

TOTTENHAM have appointed Trevor Birch as Director of Football Operations and given him a place on a new four-person ‘Football Board’.

FORMER Tottenham captain Ledley King has been appointed as one of Jose Mourinho’s assistants at the club.

LONDON MAYOR Sadiq Khan has criticised Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho and some of his players for training in a public park despite the coronavirus lockdown.

TOTTENHAM will cut the pay of all 550 non-playing directors and employees by 20% in April and May using, “where appropriate”, the Government’s furlough scheme.

JOHN MCDERMOTT is leaving Tottenham after 15 years to take up the new role of Assistant Technical Director at the Football Association.

FORMER Tottenham Director of Football Damien Comolli says Jose Mourinho is not a “culture fit” for the club.

JOSE MOURINHO has chosen long-time lieutenants Carlos Lalin, Giovanni Cerra and Ricardo Formoshino to join him at Tottenham, with Joao Sacramento and Nuno Santos coming in from Lille to work with him for the first time.

BY making 12 signings in a single summer transfer window, Fulham were always setting themselves up to struggle.

HEAD PHYSIO Geoff Scott says Tottenham invested in two speciality mattresses for every member of the squad following the intervention of one sleep-savvy player.

TOTTENHAM assistant Jesus Perez has described manager Mauricio Pochettino’s philosophy as “risk with knowledge”.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR may not have added to their squad this summer, but the completion of their Player Lodge could make a difference on and off the pitch.

JUSTIN COCHRANE thanked Chris Ramsey for inspiring him to become a coach after landing the England Under-15 job.

PAUL MITCHELL has been appointed Head of Recruitment and Development at RB Leipzig after the club endured an "unacceptable" January transfer window.

TOTTENHAM fitness and reconditioning coach Anton McElhone has been named Head of Fitness at the New England Revolution.

TOTTENHAM’S ex-nutritionist has revealed how the club monitors body composition and says players are in ‘serious trouble’ if they put on even a ‘tiny bit’ of fat.

CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN has highlighted the role Dennis Bergkamp played in his development when he was at Ajax.

How effective is your team's Academy? A new study has ranked the 86 Category 1-3 clubs in terms of productivity for England-qualified players.

SEBASTIANO POCHETTINO, 22, is the youngest first-team sport scientist in the Premier League, having been promoted to the role by Spurs in the summer.

NO-ONE was banging the drum for Harry Kane before he made his Spurs debut in 2014, which tells us there are very few 'dead certs' until young players are given a chance.

JONNY NORTHEAST, Swansea City's Head of Sports Science, is leaving the club after seven years.

SCOTT PARKER is the latest top player to take an Under-18s coaching job after being named in the role by former club Tottenham.

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

LIVERPOOL and Tottenham are taking a “risk too far” with their players by flying them thousands of miles to play friendlies this week, says the MD of one of Fifa’s medical centres of excellence.

FOOTBALL has lost one its “brightest young coaches” following the sudden death of Ugo Ehiogu - a man who ensured he was as qualified and experienced as possible for a career in management.

US SOCCER's new director of high performance told TGG about his journey from sports science graduate to one of the key jobs in football.