Tag: role

Arsenal: How Declan Rice’s role has changed at the Gunners
23 October 2025 Off

Arsenal: How Declan Rice’s role has changed at the Gunners

By Total Football News

Arsenal, who host Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday (20:00 BST), have changed their style this season to be more direct and play through defensive lines quicker, which has meant Rice moving deeper alongside Zubimendi when starting attacks.

A recruitment specialist working in top level football told BBC Sport how the signing of Zubimendi has complemented Rice’s game.

He said: “It hasn’t changed what he can do as

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Sheffield United: Ex-Forest assistant Ramos takes Blades coaching role
27 September 2025 Off

Sheffield United: Ex-Forest assistant Ramos takes Blades coaching role

By Total Football News

Former Nottingham Forest assistant manager Guilherme Ramos has joined Sheffield United as their new first-team coach.

He is the newest addition to the Blades backroom staff following the managerial return of Chris Wilder alongside long-time staff members Alan Knill and Matt Prestridge.

“As I said to the media when I returned, I was keen to use the opportunity to try and freshen up the coaching side. Guilherme is someone I’ve

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Edu Gaspar: Former Arsenal sporting director joins Nottingham Forest in new role
7 July 2025 Off

Edu Gaspar: Former Arsenal sporting director joins Nottingham Forest in new role

By Total Football News

Former Arsenal sporting director Edu has joined Nottingham Forest in a newly established global head of football role.

Forest said the Brazilian will “oversee all football-related functions, including recruitment, performance, squad strategy and player development”.

Edu, 47, played for Arsenal between 2001 and 2005, winning two Premier League titles, and rejoined them in 2019 as technical director.

He was promoted to sporting director in November 2022 but resigned in

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Ryan Mason: West Bromwich Albion head coach ‘ready’ for managerial role
5 June 2025 Off

Ryan Mason: West Bromwich Albion head coach ‘ready’ for managerial role

By Total Football News

Although this will be Mason’s first full-time head coach role, he had two interim spells in charge at Spurs – following the sacking of Jose Mourinho in April 2021 and again after Antonio Conte’s departure in March 2023.

“You’d be silly not to take bits from the people I’ve worked with,” he said. “I have had worked with some of the best managers in the world.

“I know my core

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Ajax: John Heitinga leaves Liverpool role to rejoin Dutch club as head coach
31 May 2025 Off

Ajax: John Heitinga leaves Liverpool role to rejoin Dutch club as head coach

By Total Football News

That meant a third straight season without a trophy for Ajax, who have won the Dutch title a record 36 times.

“John is a good coach with enormous drive,” said their technical director Alex Kroes.

“He is ambitious and has further developed himself over the past few years in the Premier League and Champions League.

“John knows the club well and we are convinced that he, together with Marcel, will

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Swansea City: Luka Modric to join Welsh club’s owners in minority role
14 April 2025 Off

Swansea City: Luka Modric to join Welsh club’s owners in minority role

By Total Football News

Modric will be involved at a Championship club which posted a pre-tax loss of £15.2m in the latest financial year.

That was a drop of £2.7m compared to the pre-tax loss of £17.9m posted for the previous financial year.

Swansea posted a turnover of £21.5m for the year ending 30 June, 2024.

In a statement accompanying their annual financial status, Swansea said: “The board acknowledges that whilst the magnitude of

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Dougie Freedman: Crystal Palace sporting director to leave for possible Saudi Arabia role
17 March 2025 Off

Dougie Freedman: Crystal Palace sporting director to leave for possible Saudi Arabia role

By Total Football News

Crystal Palace sporting director Dougie Freedman will leave the club and is considering taking up a position in Saudi Arabia.

Freedman, 50, has been with Palace as a player, manager, and in his current role since 2017.

He was responsible for the recruitment of players including Michael Olise, Eberechi Eze, Marc Guehi, Adam Wharton and Dean Henderson.

Sources close to the situation claim Freedman has been offered the position of

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Jack Wilshere: Ex-England player out of ‘comfort zone’ in Norwich coaching role
4 February 2025 Off

Jack Wilshere: Ex-England player out of ‘comfort zone’ in Norwich coaching role

By Total Football News

Having reached the Championship play-offs last season under former boss David Wagner, Norwich are currently eighth in the table, just two points outside the top six, as they try again to secure a return to the Premier League.

So how is Wilshere finding the job of trying to hone the skills of the likes of Josh Sargent, Borja Sainz, Marcelino Nunez and Lewis Dobbin?

“I’ve had a career that was

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Neil Harris: Millwall head coach to step down from role
10 December 2024 Off

Neil Harris: Millwall head coach to step down from role

By Total Football News

Millwall were one point above the relegation zone when Harris took over in February last season and he went on to steer them to 13th in the Championship.

They have won six of their 18 games so far this season and are six points off the play-off places, with defeat at home by Coventry on Saturday their first loss in 10 games – although they did not register a single

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Dan Ashworth leaves Manchester United sporting director role after just five months
8 December 2024 Off

Dan Ashworth leaves Manchester United sporting director role after just five months

By Total Football News

The news is an embarrassment for United.

As recently as February, Ratcliffe expressed his frustration at being made to wait to bring Ashworth to Old Trafford as Newcastle held out for compensation.

In the end, United paid £3m for Ashworth, who ended up on gardening leave for the same amount of time he was actually in post at United.

The precise reasons for Ashworth’s exit have not been explained.

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